Pilot Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Pilot Township
— Township —
Location in Vermilion County
Coordinates: 40°13′01″N 87°51′03″W / 40.21694°N 87.85083°W / 40.21694; -87.85083Coordinates: 40°13′01″N 87°51′03″W / 40.21694°N 87.85083°W / 40.21694; -87.85083
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Vermilion
Created	1851
Area
• Total	62.27 sq mi (161.29 km²)
• Land	62.26 sq mi (161.24 km²)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.04 km²) 0.02%
Elevation	755 ft (230 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	658
• Density	10.6/sq mi (4.1/km²)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	0429565

Pilot Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 658.^[1]

History

Pilot Township was one of the eight townships created in 1851.

Pilot Township covers an area of 62.27 square miles (161.3 km²); of this, 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) or 0.02 percent is water.

The township contains eight cemeteries: Collison, Concord, Emberry Chaple, Knight's Branch, Rice, Stump, Trimmell and Underwood Family.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Vermilion County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Danville

Cities	Danville Georgetown Hoopeston

Villages	Allerton‡ Alvan Belgium Bismarck Catlin Fairmount Fithian Henning Indianola Muncie Oakwood Potomac Rankin Ridge Farm Rossville Sidell Tilton Westville

Townships	Blount Butler Carroll Catlin Danville Elwood Georgetown Grant Jamaica Love McKendree Middlefork Newell Oakwood Pilot Ross Sidell South Ross Vance

CDP	Olivet

Other unincorporated communities	Armstrong Batestown Cheneyville Collison East Lynn Hartshorn Hegeler Hillery Illiana Jamaica Jamesburg Midway Newtown Ryan Unionville

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

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