McKendree Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

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Country	United States
McKendree Township
Location in Vermilion County
State	Illinois
County	Vermilion
Created	1912
Area
- Total	29.3 sq mi (75.88 km²)
- Land	29.2 sq mi (75.62 km²)
- Water	0.1 sq mi (0.25 km²) 1%
Population (2000)
- Total	743
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

McKendree Township is located in Vermilion County, Illinois. The population was 743 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 History
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Geography

McKendree Township covers an area of 29.33 square miles and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains five cemeteries: Bock, Elwood Church, Locket, McKendree and Niccum.

[edit] History

This area was originally part of Georgetown Township, but growing dissatisfaction with a lack of development in that portion of the township, compared with the Georgetown and Westville areas, led to a petition for creation of a new township in 1912. The name came from McKendree Methodist Church.^[1]

[edit] References

^ Stapp, Katherine; W. I. Bowman (1968). History Under Our Feet: The Story of Vermilion County, Illinois. Danville, Illinois: Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc., p. 27.

[edit] External links

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Vermilion County, Illinois

County seat: Danville

Cities	Danville \| Georgetown \| Hoopeston

Villages	Allerton \| Alvin \| Belgium \| Bismarck \| Catlin \| Fairmount \| Fithian \| Henning \| Indianola \| Muncie \| Oakwood \| Potomac \| Rankin \| Ridge Farm \| Rossville \| Sidell \| Tilton \| Westville

Townships	Blount \| Butler \| Carroll \| Catlin \| Danville \| Elwood \| Georgetown \| Grant \| Jamaica \| Love \| McKendree \| Middlefork \| Newell \| Oakwood \| Pilot \| Ross \| Sidell \| South Ross \| Vance

Unincorporated communities	Armstrong \| Batestown \| Central Park \| Cheneyville \| Clarence \| Collison \| East Lynn \| Hartshorn \| Hegeler \| Hillery \| Jamaica \| Newtown \| Olivet