Grant Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,028 and it contained 2,817 housing units.
History Grant Township was originally called Lyon Township but it was changed in 1862 to honor Ulysses S. Grant. He had just won a surrender by Confederate forces at Fort Donelson in Tennessee.
Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.97%) is land and (or 0.03%) is water.
Cities and towns Hoopeston Rossville (north quarter)
Unincorporated towns Cheneyville
Extinct towns Coalton Heaton
Adjacent townships Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana (northeast) Prairie Green Township, Iroquois County (northeast) Prairie Township, Warren County, Indiana (east) Jordan Township, Warren County, Indiana (southeast) Ross Township (south) Butler Township (west) Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois County (northwest) Lovejoy Township, Iroquois County (northwest)
Cemeteries The township contains one cemetery, Redtop.
Major highways Illinois State Route 1 Illinois State Route 9
Airports and landing strips Beckley Airfield Hoopeston Community Memorial Hospital Heliport
Demographics
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