Rantoul Township, Champaign County, Illinois

Rantoul Township
Rantoul Township
	Township
	Location in Champaign County
	Champaign County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 40°16′22″N88°09′56″W / 40.27278°N 88.16556°W Coordinates: 40°16′22″N88°09′56″W / 40.27278°N 88.16556°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Champaign
Established	November 8, 1859
Area
• Total	49.64 sq mi (128.6 km2)
• Land	49.54 sq mi (128.3 km2)
• Water	0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2) 0.22%
Elevation	728 ft (222 m)
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016) [1]	11,156
• Density	227.6/sq mi (87.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code	17-019-62796

Last updated April 10, 2020

Rantoul Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,273 and it contained 4,969 housing units.^[2]

Geography

Rantoul is Township 21 North, Range 9 East and part of Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian.

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 49.64 square miles (128.6 km²), of which 49.54 square miles (128.3 km²) (or 99.80%) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km²) (or 0.22%) is water.^[2]

Cities and towns

Rantoul (south three-quarters)
Thomasboro

Cemeteries

The township contains five cemeteries: Beckman, Eden, Elizabeth, Elmwood and Saint Elizabeth.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

Schmidt Airport

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
Est. 2016	11,156	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

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References

"Rantoul 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.

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