Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

40°12′50″N 87°42′09″W / 40.21389°N 87.70250°W / 40.21389; -87.70250CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyVermilionCreated1856Area

• Total51.72 sq mi (134.0 km²) • Land51.36 sq mi (133.0 km²) • Water0.36 sq mi (0.9 km²) 0.70%Elevation

679 ft (207 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

3,312 • Density66.7/sq mi (25.8/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes

61811, 61831, 61832, 61834, 61858, 61865

Area code217FIPS code17-183-06678GNIS feature ID0428686

Blount Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,428 and it contained 1,475 housing units.^[2]

History

Blount Township was established in 1856 from portions of Newell and Pilot townships. It was originally named after John C. Frémont, the Republican candidate for president that year. Democrats objected, and the township was named after early settler Abraham Blount.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 51.72 square miles (134.0 km²), of which 51.36 square miles (133.0 km²) (or 99.30%) is land and 0.36 square miles (0.93 km²) (or 0.70%) is water.^[2] The northwestern portion of the county seat of Danville extends into the southeast portion of the township, as does a portion of Lake Vermilion.

Cities and towns

Danville, the county seat (northwest edge)

Extinct towns

Grumle Corner
Higginsville
Jamesburg
Johnsonville
Moore's Corner
Snider
Vernal

Adjacent townships

South Ross Township (northeast)
Newell Township (east)
Danville Township (southeast)
Catlin Township (south)
Oakwood Township (southwest)
Pilot Township (west)
Middlefork Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains eleven cemeteries: Bethel, Dodson, Fairchild, Gordon, Higginsville, Johnson, New Salem, Newell Grove, Pentecost, Porter, Snider and Thurman.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

Flying B Ranch Airport
Melody Field

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	3,312	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

School districts

Bismarck Henning Consolidated Unit School District
Danville Community Consolidated School District 118
Oakwood Community Unit School District 76

Political districts

Illinois' 15th congressional district
State House District 104
State Senate District 52

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
^ Callary, Edmund (2009). Place Names of Illinois. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-252-03356-8.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.