Pilot Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

40°13′01″N 87°51′03″W / 40.21694°N 87.85083°W / 40.21694; -87.85083CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyVermilionCreated1851Area

• Total62.17 sq mi (161.0 km²) • Land62.16 sq mi (161.0 km²) • Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km²) 0.03%Elevation

755 ft (230 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

568 • Density9.4/sq mi (3.6/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)FIPS code17-183-59832

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

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

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	568	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

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.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.