Danville Township is a

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in Vermilion County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 32,113 and it contained 13,913 housing units. Danville Area Community College and the Illinois Department Of Corrections Danville Correctional Facility are in this township.

History

Danville Township was one of the eight townships created in 1851. Danville Township was named for Dan Beckwith, an Indian trader.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.84%) is land and (or 1.16%) is water.

Cities and towns

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(north three-quarters) * Danville (the county seat) (southern portion) * Tilton * Westville (north edge)

Unincorporated towns

* Batestown *

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* Hegeler * Hillery

Extinct towns

* Beeler Terrace * Brookville * Grape Creek * South Danville * Vandercook * Vermilion Heights * Walz * Wyton

Adjacent townships

* Newell Township (north) *

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(east) * Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana (east) * Georgetown Township (south) * McKendree Township (south) * Catlin Township (southwest) * Oakwood Township (west) * Blount Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these cemeteries: Atherton, Danville National, Forse, Greenwood, Hooten, Langley, Lutheran, Lynch, Oakhill, Parish, Saint Patrick's and Sandhill.

Major highways

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U.S. Route 136 U.S. Route 136 is an east-west U.S. highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 36. It runs from Edison, Nebraska, at US 6 and US 34 to the I-74/ I-465 interchange in Speedway, Indiana. This is a distance of . Due to the removal of ...

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 1

Rivers

* Vermilion River

Airports and landing strips

* Danville Correctional Center Heliport * Lakeview Medical Center Heliport

Demographics

School districts

* Catlin Community Unit School District 5 * Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 * Oakwood Community Unit School District 76 * Westville Community Unit School District 2

Political districts

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* State House District 104 * State Senate District 52

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

External links

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