Sidney Township, Champaign County, Illinois

Sidney Township
—  Township  —
Location in Champaign County
Champaign County's location in Illinois
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Champaign
Established	November 8, 1859
Area
• Total	36.49 sq mi (94.5 km2)
• Land	36.49 sq mi (94.5 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation	669 ft (204 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,609
• Density	44.1/sq mi (17/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	0429751

Sidney Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,609^[1].

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities and towns 1.2 Unincorporated towns 1.3 Cemeteries 1.4 Airports and landing strips 2 References 3 External links

Geography

Sidney Township covers an area of 36.49 square miles (94.5 km²). The stream of Rush Branch runs through this township. The Salt Fork of the Vermilion River winds its way through the northern sections of the township. Frito-Lay has a large corn handling facility located in section 12 () along the county highway between Sidney and Homer; it sits near a major Norfolk Southern east-west rail line.

Cities and towns

• Sidney

Unincorporated towns

• Block
• Rutherford

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Bliss, Boys Family, Brownfield, Brumley, Lynn Grove and Mount Hope.

Airports and landing strips

• Justus Airport

References

• "Sidney 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:0429751. 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
• Early history of Sidney Township

	Urbana Township	St. Joseph Township
	Philo Township		South Homer Township
		Sidney Township
	Crittenden Township	Raymond Township	Ayers Township

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