Newell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
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| Newell Township | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Vermilion |
| Created | 1851 |
| Area | |
| - Total | 50.7 sq mi (131.31 km²) |
| - Land | 50.0 sq mi (129.49 km²) |
| - Water | 0.7 sq mi (1.81 km²) 1% |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 1,404 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Newell Township is located in Vermilion County, Illinois. The population was 13,835 at the 2000 census.
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[edit] Geography
Newell Township covers an area of 50.76 square miles and contains the town of Bismarck and the north part of the county seat of Danville, as well as the unincorporated town of Illiana. The extinct town of Denmark was also in this township.
The Vermilion County Airport is located here, and the township contains much of Lake Vermilion.
According to the USGS, it contains ten cemeteries: Bryley, Farmers Chapel, Gordon, Huffman, Lamb, Leonard, Rose, Springhill, Sunset Memorial and Walnut Corner.
[edit] History
The first sale land in this area was in 1824 to Obadiah Le Neve, who settled here just before Christmas of that year. It was not until 1851 that the county was divided up into its first eight townships, and Newell Township was one of those. It was named for Squire James Newell, the first Justice of the Peace for the area. [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. 50.
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