Unity Township, Piatt County, Illinois

Unity Township
—  Township  —
Location in Piatt County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Piatt
Area
• Total	48.22 sq mi (124.89 km2)
• Land	48.21 sq mi (124.87 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)  0.02%
Elevation	666 ft (203 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,560
• Density	32.4/sq mi (12.5/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	0429855

Unity Township is a township in Piatt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,560^[1].

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities and towns 1.2 Extinct towns 1.3 Adjacent townships 1.4 Cemeteries 1.5 Major highways 1.6 Airports and landing strips 2 References 3 External links

Geography

Unity Township covers an area of 48.22 square miles (124.9 km²); of this, 0.01 square miles (0.026 km²) or 0.02 percent is water.

Cities and towns

• Atwood (west half)
• Hammond

Extinct towns

• Mackville
• Pierson
• Voorhies

Adjacent townships

• Bement Township (north)
• Sadorus Township, Champaign County (northeast)
• Garrett Township, Douglas County (east)
• Lowe Township, Moultrie County (south)
• Lovington Township, Moultrie County (southwest)
• Cerro Gordo Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Antioch, Hammond, Lake Fork, Long, Mackville and Moore.

Major highways

• U.S. Route 36

Airports and landing strips

• Morris Farm Incorporated Airport

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 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