Grandview Township, Edgar County, Illinois

Grandview Township
—  Township  —
Location in Edgar County
Edgar County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 39°32′00″N 87°50′00″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Edgar
Established	November 4, 1856
Area
• Total	45.15 sq mi (116.95 km2)
• Land	45.1 sq mi (116.8 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2)  0.13%
Elevation	738 ft (225 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	574
• Density	12.7/sq mi (4.9/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	61933, 61944
GNIS feature ID	0422253

Grandview Township is one of fifteen townships in Edgar County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 574.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Grandview Township covers an area of 45.15 square miles (116.9 km²); of this, 0.06 square miles (0.16 km²) or 0.13 percent is water.

Unincorporated towns

• Conlogue
• Dudley
• Grandview

Cemeteries

The township contains these twelve cemeteries: Augustus, Barr-Johnson, Beatty, Boyer, Cholera, Gill, Grandview, Hinds, Huffman, New Goshen, Rudy and Tate.

Major highways

• Illinois Route 16

Airports and landing strips

• Bussart Airport
• Glatthaar Airport
• Gough Airport

School districts

• Kansas Community Unit School District 3
• Paris Community Unit School District 4

Political districts

• Illinois' 15th congressional district
• State House District 109
• State Senate District 55

References

• "Grandview Township, Edgar County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-10. 
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

External links

• City-Data.com
• Illinois State Archives
• Edgar County Official Site