Sidney Township, Champaign County, Illinois

Sidney Township
Township
Location in Champaign County
Champaign County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°00′38″N 88°03′59″W / 40.01056°N 88.06639°W / 40.01056; -88.06639Coordinates: 40°00′38″N 88°03′59″W / 40.01056°N 88.06639°W / 40.01056; -88.06639
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Champaign
Established	November 8, 1859
Area
• Total	36.44 sq mi (94.4 km²)
• Land	36.32 sq mi (94.1 km²)
• Water	0.12 sq mi (0.3 km²) 0.33%
Elevation	669 ft (204 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,733
• Density	47.7/sq mi (18.4/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	0429751

Sidney Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,733 and it contained 715 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.44 square miles (94.4 km²), of which 36.32 square miles (94.1 km²) (or 99.67%) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km²) (or 0.33%) is water.^[1] The stream of Rush Branch runs through this township. The Salt Fork of the Vermilion River winds its way through the northern sections of the township. Frito-Lay has a large corn handling facility located in section 12 (40°1′50″N 88°1′34″W / 40.03056°N 88.02611°W / 40.03056; -88.02611) along the county highway between Sidney and Homer; it sits near a major Norfolk Southern east-west rail line.

Map of Sidney Township

Cities and towns

Sidney

Unincorporated towns

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Bliss, Boys Family, Brownfield, Brumley, Lynn Grove and Mount Hope.

Airports and landing strips

Justus Airport

References

"Sidney Township, Champaign County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

External links

Sidney Township

Crittenden Township

Raymond Township

Ayers Township

Municipalities and communities of Champaign County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Urbana

Cities	Champaign Urbana

Villages	Allerton‡ Bondville Broadlands Fisher Foosland Gifford Homer Ivesdale‡ Longview Ludlow Mahomet Ogden Pesotum Philo Rantoul Royal Sadorus Savoy Sidney St. Joseph Thomasboro Tolono

Townships	Ayers Brown Champaign Colfax Compromise Condit Crittenden Cunningham East Bend Harwood Hensley Kerr Ludlow Mahomet Newcomb Ogden Pesotum Philo Rantoul Raymond Sadorus Scott Sidney Somer South Homer St. Joseph Stanton Tolono Urbana

CDPs	Lake of the Woods Penfield Seymour

Other unincorporated communities	Augerville Block Bongard Dailey Deers Dewey Dickerson Dillsburg Fairland‡ Flatville Fulls Gerald Giblin Glover Jimtown Leverett Lotus Mayview Mira Parkville Pauline Prospect Rising Rutherford Sellers Sloan Station Staley State Road Tipton Tomlinson Wilbur Heights

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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