East Bend Township, Champaign County, Illinois

East Bend Township
Township

Location in Champaign County

Champaign County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°21′25″N 88°17′37″W / 40.35694°N 88.29361°W / 40.35694; -88.29361Coordinates: 40°21′25″N 88°17′37″W / 40.35694°N 88.29361°W / 40.35694; -88.29361
Country United States
State Illinois
County Champaign
Area
 • Total 36.21 sq mi (93.8 km2)
 • Land 36.04 sq mi (93.3 km2)
 • Water 0.17 sq mi (0.4 km2)  0.47%
Elevation 712 ft (217 m)
Population (2010)
 • Estimate (2016)[1] 581
 • Density 16.2/sq mi (6.3/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code 17-019-21566
Dewey Illinois Post Office.

East Bend Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 584 and it contained 257 housing units.[2]

East Bend Township was so named for a meander of the Sangamon River.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.21 square miles (93.8 km2), of which 36.04 square miles (93.3 km2) (or 99.53%) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2) (or 0.47%) is water.[2] The streams of Blackford Slough, Dickerson Slough and Hillsbury Slough run through this township.

Cities and towns

Unincorporated towns

Extinct villages

  • Houstonville (in section 19)

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Beekman and East Bend.

Major highways

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
Est. 2016581[1]
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

References

  • "East Bend Township, Champaign County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  • United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
  1. 1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  3. ↑ Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
  4. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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