Monticello Township, Piatt County, Illinois

Monticello Township
—  Township  —
Location in Piatt County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Piatt
Established	November 8, 1859
Area
• Total	48.01 sq mi (124.35 km2)
• Land	47.95 sq mi (124.19 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.17 km2)  0.14%
Elevation	712 ft (217 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	5,604
• Density	116.9/sq mi (45.1/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	0429390

Monticello Township is a township in Piatt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 5,604.^[1]

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

Geography

Monticello Township covers an area of 48.01 square miles (124.3 km²); of this, 0.06 square miles (0.16 km²) or 0.14 percent is water. The streams of Camp Creek and Goose Creek run through this township.

Cities and towns

• Monticello (large majority)

Adjacent townships

• Sangamon Township (north)
• Scott Township, Champaign County (northeast)
• Colfax Township, Champaign County (east)
• Sadorus Township, Champaign County (southeast)
• Bement Township (south)
• Willow Branch Township (west)
• Goose Creek Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains four cemeteries: Haneline, Monticello, Monticello and Woolington.

Major highways

• Interstate 72
• Illinois State Route 105

Airports and landing strips

• Piatt County Airport

References

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

External links

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

Municipalities and communities of Piatt County, Illinois, USA County seat: Monticello City Monticello Villages Atwood‡ Bement Cerro Gordo Cisco De Land Hammond Ivesdale‡ Mansfield Townships Bement Blue Ridge Cerro Gordo Goose Creek Monticello Sangamon Unity Willow Branch Unincorporated communities Galesville La Place Lodge Milmine Pierson White Heath Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties