Philo Township, Champaign County, Illinois

Philo Township
Philo Township
Township
	Location in Champaign County
	Champaign County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 40°00′38″N88°10′55″W / 40.01056°N 88.18194°W Coordinates: 40°00′38″N88°10′55″W / 40.01056°N 88.18194°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Champaign
Established	November 8, 1859
Area
• Total	36.66 sq mi (94.9 km2)
• Land	36.66 sq mi (94.9 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2) 0%
Elevation	682 ft (208 m)
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016)	1,927
• Density	53.3/sq mi (20.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code	17-019-59546

Last updated March 30, 2022

Philo Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,954 and it contained 756 housing units.^[2]

History

Philo Township changed its name from Hale Township on April 30, 1860.

Geography

Philo is Township 18 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian.

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.66 square miles (94.9 km²), all land.^[2]

Cities and towns

Philo

Cemeteries

The township contains these cemeteries: Calvary, Captain Davidson, Locust Grove (Section 22) and Loeffler.

Grain elevators

Philo elevator (Section 22) was built along the Wabash—Norfolk Southern railroad.

Major highways

Illinois State Route 130

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
2016 (est.)	1,927	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

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References

"Philo 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 and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.
1 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.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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[USCensusEst2016-1] 1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[census-2] 1 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.

[DecennialCensus-3] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Champaign County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Urbana
Cities	Champaign Urbana	Map of Illinois highlighting Champaign County
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	Dewey Lake of the Woods Penfield Seymour
Other unincorporated communities	Augerville Block Bongard Dailey Deers 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
Ghost town	Houstonville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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