Pilot Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Pilot Township
Township
Location in Vermilion County
Coordinates: 40°13′01″N 87°51′03″W / 40.21694°N 87.85083°WCoordinates: 40°13′01″N 87°51′03″W / 40.21694°N 87.85083°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Vermilion
Created	1851
Area
• Total	62.17 sq mi (161.0 km^2)
• Land	62.16 sq mi (161.0 km^2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km^2)  0.03%
Elevation	755 ft (230 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	587
• Density	9.4/sq mi (3.6/km^2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	0429565

Pilot Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 587 and it contained 257 housing units.^[1]

History

Pilot Township was one of the eight townships created in 1851.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 62.17 square miles (161.0 km²), of which 62.16 square miles (161.0 km²) (or 99.98%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) (or 0.03%) is water.^[1]

Unincorporated towns

• Collison

Extinct towns

• Hope

Adjacent townships

• Middlefork Township (north)
• Blount Township (east)
• Oakwood Township (south)
• Ogden Township, Champaign County (southwest)
• Compromise Township, Champaign County (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains eight cemeteries: Collison, Concord, Emberry Chaple, Knight's Branch, Rice, Stump, Trimmell and Underwood Family.

Major highways

• Illinois State Route 49

Airports and landing strips

• Collison Airport

References

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

1. "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

External links

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