| Official Name: | Blount Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Vermilion |
| Established Title: | Created |
| Established Date: | 1856 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 51.72 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 51.36 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.36 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0.70 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 66.7 |
| Elevation M: | 207 |
| Elevation Ft: | 679 |
| Coordinates: | 40.2139°N -87.7025°W |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 61811, 61831, 61832, 61834, 61858, 61865 |
| Area Code: | 217 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 17-183-06678 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0428686 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2016 |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Est: | 3312 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Blount Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,428 and it contained 1,475 housing units.[2]
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]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.30%) is land and (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.
The township contains eleven cemeteries: Bethel, Dodson, Fairchild, Gordon, Higginsville, Johnson, New Salem, Newell Grove, Pentecost, Porter, Snider and Thurman.