Champaign Township is a

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in Champaign County,

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, US. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,264 and it contained 5,091 housing units.

History

Champaign Township changed its name from West Urbana Township on April 30, 1860.

Geography

Champaign is Township 19 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian. According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.62%) is land and (or 0.38%) is water. The streams of Copper Slough and Phinney Branch run through this township. Portions of the township have been removed through annexation with the City of Champaign.

Cities and towns

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(north three-quarters)

Unincorporated towns

* Staley (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements

Cemeteries

Saint Marys and Prairie View Cemeteries are in Section 24.

Grain elevators

Champaign elevators were operated by C.A. Dickey, Champaign Cereal Mills and Elevator in 1913; also Dryer and Burt Grain and Coal in 1913. Savoy elevator (Section 36) was built along the Illinois Central—Canadian National railroad. Savoy Grain and Coal Company operated a wooden elevator, no longer standing, in 1913. Concrete silos of the present elevator are east of U.S. Route 45 but the elevator is no longer operating. Staley's Station elevator (Section 16) was built along the Illinois Central—Canadian National east–west line. It was operating in 1913, but both the station and elevator are gone. West Urbana Depot, later Champaign (Section 12). Mark Carley built a steam flouring mill, steam grain elevator and warehouse near the Illinois Central—Canadian National railroad in the mid–1850s.

Public transit

Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District The Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District (colloquially known as the MTD) is a mass transit system that operates in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area in central-eastern Illinois. MTD is headquartered in Urbana, Illinois, Urbana and operat ...

Major highways

Interstate 57 Interstate 57 (I-57) is a north–south Interstate Highway that exists in two segments. It runs through Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois. I-57 parallels the old Illinois Central Railroad for much of its route north of Interstate 55, I-55. T ...

Interstate 72 Interstate 72 (I-72) is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern United States. Its western terminus is in Hannibal, Missouri, at an intersection with U.S. Route 61 (US 61); its eastern terminus is at Country Fair Drive in Champa ...

Interstate 74 Interstate 74 (I-74) is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. Its western end is at an interchange with I-80 in Davenport, Iowa; the eastern end of its Midwest segment is at an interchange with I-75 in ...

U.S. Route 45 U.S. Route 45 (US 45) is a major north-south United States highway and a border-to-border route, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico. A sign at the highway's northern terminus notes the total distance as . US 45 is notable for incorporati ...

U.S. Route 150 U.S. Route 150 (US 150) is a 571-mile (919 km) long northwest–southeast United States highway, signed as east–west. It runs from U.S. Route 6 outside of Moline, Illinois, to U.S. Route 25 in Mount Vernon, Kentucky. Route descripti ...

* Illinois State Route 10

Airports and landing strips

* University of Illinois Heliport

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 11,264 people, 4,956 households, and 2,782 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 5,091 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 69.72%

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, 7.60%

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, 0.14% Native American, 14.49% Asian, 0.01%

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, 1.21% from other races, and 6.84% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 4.00% of the population. There were 4,956 households, out of which 26.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.28% were married couples living together, 4.30% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 43.87% were non-families. 34.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.98. The township's age distribution consisted of 20.5% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 24.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.7 males. The median income for a household in the township was $80,313, and the median income for a family was $120,417. Males had a median income of $59,375 versus $46,437 for females. The

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for the township was $45,675. About 3.5% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the

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, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

In addition to the

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, Champaign Township is also home to a

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plant (and adjacent AC Humko plant). The township's major employers include

The University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United States. Established in 1867, it is the fou ...

, Champaign Unit #4 School District, and

. Numerous township residents are also employed by

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, Kirby Foods, Christie Clinic, Devonshire Group LLC,

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and

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, all of which are in the adjacent city of

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, as well as by Carle Clinic Association and Provena Health, located in nearby

Urbana, Illinois Urbana ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, Urbana had a population of 38,336. It is a principal city of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, which had 236,000 residents i ...

References

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United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

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