Pilot Township is a

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in Vermilion County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 587 and it contained 257 housing units.

History

Pilot Township was one of the eight townships created in 1851.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.98%) is land and (or 0.03%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

* Collison

Extinct towns

* Hope

Adjacent townships

* Middlefork Township (north) * Blount Township (east) * Oakwood Township (south) * Ogden Township, Champaign County (southwest) * Compromise Township, Champaign County (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains eight cemeteries: Collison, Concord, Emberry Chaple, Knight's Branch, Rice, Stump, Trimmell and Underwood Family.

Major highways

Illinois State Route 49 Illinois Route 49 (IL 49) is a north–south state highway in east-central Illinois. It runs from Willow Hill at IL 33 north to the beginning of the U.S. Route 45/ 52 concurrency near Ashkum. Route description Illinois 49 runs ...

Airports and landing strips

* Collison Airport

Demographics

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

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