Love Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Explained

Official Name:Love 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:1902
Area Total Sq Mi:20.38
Area Land Sq Mi:20.37
Area Water Sq Mi:0.01
Area Water Percent:0.05
Population As Of:2010
Population Density Sq Mi:12.6
Elevation M:201
Elevation Ft:659
Coordinates:39.9267°N -87.5769°W
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:17-183-44953
Pop Est As Of:2016
Pop Est Footnotes:[1]
Population Est:248
Unit Pref:Imperial

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, of which (or 99.95%) is land and (or 0.05%) is water.[2] The stream of Yankee Branch runs through this township.

Extinct towns

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

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

References

  1. Web site: Population and Housing Unit Estimates. June 9, 2017.
  2. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 . https://archive.today/20200212203401/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17183 . dead . 2020-02-12 . United States Census . 2013-05-28.
  3. Book: Callary , Edmund . Place Names of Illinois . 207 . University of Illinois Press . Urbana . 2009 . 978-0-252-03356-8.

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