Georgetown Township is a
township
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in
Vermilion County,
Illinois
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,
USA
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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 7,901 and it contained 3,573 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.88%) is land and (or 0.12%) is water.
Cities and towns
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Belgium
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(south quarter)
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Georgetown
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Westville (vast majority)
Extinct towns
* Busenville
* Himrod
* Kellyville
* Midway
* Milton
* Steelton
* Unionville
Adjacent townships
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Danville Township (north)
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McKendree Township (east)
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Love Township (southeast)
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Elwood Township (south)
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Carroll Township (southwest)
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Catlin Township (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains seven cemeteries: Dukes, Forest Park, Lithuanian, Pleasant Mound, Saints Peter and Paul, Sandusky and Searl.
Major highways
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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 description
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Illinois State Route 1
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Demographics
References
U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
External links
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Townships in Vermilion County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois