Blount Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,428 and it contained 1,475 housing units.
History Blount Township was established in 1856 from portions of Newell and Pilot townships. It was originally named after John C. Frémont, the Republican candidate for president that year. Democrats objected, and the township was named after early settler Abraham Blount.
Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.30%) is land and (or 0.70%) is water. The northwestern portion of the county seat of Danville extends into the southeast portion of the township, as does a portion of Lake Vermilion.
Cities and towns Danville, the county seat (northwest edge)
Extinct towns Grumle Corner Higginsville Jamesburg Johnsonville Moore's Corner Snider Vernal
Adjacent townships South Ross Township (northeast) Newell Township (east) Danville Township (southeast) Catlin Township (south) Oakwood Township (southwest) Pilot Township (west) Middlefork Township (northwest)
Cemeteries The township contains eleven cemeteries: Bethel, Dodson, Fairchild, Gordon, Higginsville, Johnson, New Salem, Newell Grove, Pentecost, Porter, Snider and Thurman.
Major highways U.S. Route 136 Illinois State Route 1
Airports and landing strips Flying B Ranch Airport Melody Field
Demographics
School districts Bismarck Henning Consolidated Unit School District Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 Oakwood Community Unit School District 76
Political districts Illinois' 15th congressional district State House District 104 State Senate District 52
References U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS) United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
External links US-Counties.com City-Data.com Illinois State Archives