Georgetown Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Georgetown Township
—  Township  —
Location in Vermilion County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Vermilion
Area
• Total	25.61 sq mi (66.33 km2)
• Land	25.59 sq mi (66.27 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2)  0.09%
Elevation	669 ft (204 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	8,083
• Density	315.9/sq mi (122/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	0429048

Georgetown Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 8,083.^[1]

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities and towns 1.2 Extinct towns 1.3 Adjacent townships 1.4 Cemeteries 1.5 Major highways 2 References 3 External links

Geography

Georgetown Township covers an area of 25.61 square miles (66.3 km²); of this, 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) or 0.09 percent is water.

Cities and towns

• Belgium (south quarter)
• Georgetown
• Westville (vast majority)

Extinct towns

• Busenville
• Himrod
• Kellyville
• Midway
• Milton
• Steelton
• Unionville

Adjacent townships

• Danville Township (north)
• McKendree Township (east)
• Love Township (southeast)
• Elwood Township (south)
• Carroll Township (southwest)
• Catlin Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains seven cemeteries: Dukes, Forest Park, Lithuanian, Pleasant Mound, Saints Peter and Paul, Sandusky and Searl.

Major highways

• U.S. Route 150
• Illinois State Route 1

References

• U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• US-Counties.com
• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives

Municipalities and communities of Vermilion County, Illinois, USA County seat: Danville Cities Danville Georgetown Hoopeston Villages Allerton‡ Alvan 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 Cheneyville Collison East Lynn Hartshorn Hegeler Hillery Illiana Jamaica Jamesburg Newtown Olivet Ryan Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties