McKendree Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

40°00′12″N 87°34′37″W / 40.00333°N 87.57694°W / 40.00333; -87.57694CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyVermilionCreated1912Area

• Total29.37 sq mi (76.1 km²) • Land29.25 sq mi (75.8 km²) • Water0.12 sq mi (0.3 km²) 0.41%Elevation

673 ft (205 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

773 • Density27.6/sq mi (10.7/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)FIPS code17-183-45772

McKendree Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 807 and it contained 344 housing units.^[2] Forest Glen Preserve is located in this township.

History

This area was originally part of Georgetown Township, but growing dissatisfaction with a lack of development in that portion of the township, compared with the Georgetown and Westville areas, led to a petition for creation of a new township in 1912. The name came from McKendree Methodist Church.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 29.37 square miles (76.1 km²), of which 29.25 square miles (75.8 km²) (or 99.59%) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km²) (or 0.41%) is water.^[2] The stream of White Branch runs through this township.

Extinct towns

Meeks

Adjacent townships

Danville Township (north)
Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana (northeast)
Eugene Township, Vermillion County, Indiana (southeast)
Love Township (south)
Georgetown Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains eight cemeteries: Bock, Elwood Church, Locket, Lorance, McKendree, Michael, Niccum and North Fork.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	773	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

References

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

^ ^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.
^ Stapp, Katherine; W. I. Bowman (1968). History Under Our Feet: The Story of Vermilion County, Illinois. Danville, Illinois: Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc. p. 27.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.