• Source: Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Grant Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,028 and it contained 2,817 housing units.




History


Grant Township was originally called Lyon Township but it was changed in 1862 to honor Ulysses S. Grant. He had just won a surrender by Confederate forces at Fort Donelson in Tennessee.




Geography


According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 86.69 square miles (224.5 km2), of which 86.66 square miles (224.4 km2) (or 99.97%) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km2) (or 0.03%) is water.




= Cities and towns

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Hoopeston
Rossville (north quarter)




= Unincorporated towns

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Cheneyville




= Extinct towns

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Coalton
Heaton




= Adjacent townships

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Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana (northeast)
Prairie Green Township, Iroquois County (northeast)
Prairie Township, Warren County, Indiana (east)
Jordan Township, Warren County, Indiana (southeast)
Ross Township (south)
Butler Township (west)
Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois County (northwest)
Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County (northwest)




= Cemeteries

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The township contains one cemetery, Redtop.




= Major highways

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Illinois State Route 1
Illinois State Route 9




= Airports and landing strips

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Beckley Airfield
Hoopeston Community Memorial Hospital Heliport




Demographics






References


U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files




External links


US-Counties.com
City-Data.com
Illinois State Archives

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• Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
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• Vermilion County, Illinois
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• Butler Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
• Timeline of Vermilion County, Illinois history
• Vermillion County, Indiana