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Sullivant Township is located in Ford County, Illinois. The population was 594 at the 2000 census. It is named for Michael L. Sullivant, who in the 1860s was repudtedly "the world's most successful farmer." Sullivant owned 80,000 acres (324 km²) in Champaign, Ford, Piatt, and Livingston counties and used his land to raise corn and to graze large herds of cattle; he was one of a select group of wealthy men who dominated the state's booming livestock industry in the middle to late 19th century. An 1876 map of Ford County by Warner and Beers of the Union Atlas Co. shows Sullivant owning 42,000 acres (170 km²) in Ford County, including all of Sullivant Township.
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Sullivant Township covers an area of 47.33 square miles and contains one incorporated settlement, Sibley. According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery, Mount Hope.
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A small sign in front of the
Sibley Bur oak grove nature preserve located on the border of section 35 and 26 in Sullivant township.
