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Love Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

39°55′36″N 87°34′37″W / 39.92667°N 87.57694°W / 39.92667; -87.57694CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyVermilionCreated1902Area

• Total20.38 sq mi (52.8 km²) • Land20.37 sq mi (52.8 km²) • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km²) 0.05%Elevation

659 ft (201 m)Population

(2010)

• Estimate

(2016)^[1]

248 • Density12.6/sq mi (4.9/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)FIPS code17-183-44953

Love Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 257 and it contained 105 housing units.^[2]

History

Love Township was created in 1902. It was named for a Vermilion county judge named I. A. Love.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 20.38 square miles (52.8 km²), of which 20.37 square miles (52.8 km²) (or 99.95%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km²) (or 0.05%) is water.^[2] The stream of Yankee Branch runs through this township.

Extinct towns

Bethel
Humrick

Adjacent townships

McKendree Township (north)
Eugene Township, Vermillion County, Indiana (east)
Vermillion Township, Vermillion County, Indiana (southeast)
Prairie Township, Edgar County (south)
Elwood Township (west)
Georgetown Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Bethel, Whitlock and Yankee Point.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	248	^[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.
^ Callary, Edmund (2009). Place Names of Illinois. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-252-03356-8.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.