East Bend Township, Champaign County, Illinois

East Bend Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 584 and it contained 257 housing units.[2] East Bend Township was named for a meander of the Sangamon River.[3]

East Bend Township
Township
Location in Champaign County
Champaign County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°21′25″N 88°17′37″W
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyChampaign
Area
 • Total36.21 sq mi (93.8 km2)
 • Land36.04 sq mi (93.3 km2)
 • Water0.17 sq mi (0.4 km2)  0.47%
Elevation
712 ft (217 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Estimate 
(2016)[1]
581
 • Density16.2/sq mi (6.3/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code17-019-21566
Dewey Illinois Post Office.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.21 square miles (93.8 km2), of which 36.04 square miles (93.3 km2) (or 99.53%) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2) (or 0.47%) is water.[2] In addition to the Sangamon River, the streams of Blackford Slough, Dickerson Slough, Hillsbury Slough, Owl Creek, and Wildcat Slough run through the township.

East Bend is coterminous with survey township 22 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian.

Cities and towns
  • Fisher (northeast quarter of village)

Unincorporated communities

Extinct villages
  • Houstonville (vicinity of the intersection of sections 16, 17, 20, and 21)

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Beekman (Section 18) and East Bend (Section 19).

Major highways

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1860216—
1870643197.7%
188094947.6%
18901,12218.2%
19001,113−0.8%
1910879−21.0%
1920806−8.3%
19308151.1%
1940749−8.1%
2016 (est.)581[1]
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

History

East Bend Township, a civil township, was created in 1860, after Champaign County adopted the township form of government, and originally comprised two survey townships.[5] The area had previously been known as Sodom, after an early post office, and the earliest European American settlers arrived in the late 1830s and early 1840s.[6] The western half of East Bend Township was set off in 1869 to create Brown Township.

References
  • "East Bend Township, Champaign County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  • United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
  1. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  3. Callary, Edward (29 September 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
  4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved 17 Oct 2019.
  5. J. S. Lothrop, Champaign County Directory, 1870-1 (Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1871), p. 131.
  6. Early History and Pioneers of Champaign County, Milton W. Mathews and Lewis A. McLean, eds. (Urbana, Illinois: Champaign County Herald, 1886), p. 117.
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