Mahomet Township, Champaign County, Illinois

Mahomet Township
—  Township  —
Location in Champaign County
Champaign County's location in Illinois
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Champaign
Area
• Total	32.99 sq mi (85.45 km2)
• Land	32.9 sq mi (85.21 km2)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.24 km2)  0.28%
Elevation	702 ft (214 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	10,113
• Density	307.4/sq mi (118.7/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	0429309

Mahomet Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 10,113^[1].

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Cities and towns 2.2 Cemeteries 2.3 Major highways 2.4 Airports and landing strips 3 References 4 External links

History

Mahomet Township formed when Middletown Township split on an unknown date.

Geography

Mahomet Township covers an area of 32.99 square miles (85.4 km²); of this, 0.09 square miles (0.23 km²) or 0.28 percent is water.

Cities and towns

• Lake of the Woods
• Mahomet (vast majority)

Cemeteries

The township contains eight cemeteries: Bryan, Burris-Hartman, Cain-Shaefer, Mahomet, Phillippe, Porter-Dwan, Riverside and Seymour Methodist Episcopal.

Major highways

• Interstate 74
• U.S. Route 150
• Illinois State Route 47

Airports and landing strips

• Oink Acres Airport

References

• "Mahomet Township, Champaign County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0429309. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
• 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

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Municipalities and communities of Champaign County, Illinois, USA County seat: Urbana Cities Champaign Urbana Villages Allerton‡ Bondville Broadlands Fisher Foosland Gifford Homer Ivesdale‡ Longview Ludlow Mahomet Ogden Pesotum Philo Rantoul Royal Sadorus Savoy Sidney St. Joseph Thomasboro Tolono Townships Ayers Brown Champaign Colfax Compromise Condit Crittenden Cunningham East Bend Harwood Hensley Kerr Ludlow Mahomet Newcomb Ogden Pesotum Philo Rantoul Raymond Sadorus Scott Sidney Somer South Homer St. Joseph Stanton Tolono Urbana Unincorporated communities Augerville Block Bongard Dailey Deers Dewey Dickerson Dillsburg Fairland‡ Flatville Fulls Gerald Giblin Glover Jimtown Lake of the Woods Leverett Lotus Mayview Mira Parkville Pauline Penfield Prospect Rising Rutherford Sellers Seymour Sloan Station Staley State Road Tipton Tomlinson Wilbur Heights Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties