Monticello Township, Piatt County, Illinois

Coordinates: 40°00′34″N 88°32′17″W / 40.00944°N 88.53806°W

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Monticello Township
Township
Township Office and Allerton Library
Location in Piatt County
Piatt County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 40°00′34″N 88°32′17″W / 40.00944°N 88.53806°W / 40.00944; -88.53806
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Piatt
Established	November 8, 1859
Area
• Total	48.11 sq mi (124.6 km²)
• Land	48.05 sq mi (124.4 km²)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.2 km²) 0.12%
Elevation	712 ft (217 m)
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016)^[1]	5,940
• Density	122.9/sq mi (47.5/km²)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code	17-147-50257

Monticello Township is a township in Piatt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,906 and it contained 2,651 housing units.^[2]

Geography

Monticello is Township 18 North, Range 6 East and part of Township 18 North, Range 5 East of the Third Principal Meridian.

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 48.11 square miles (124.6 km²), of which 48.05 square miles (124.4 km²) (or 99.88%) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km²) (or 0.12%) is water.^[2] The streams of Camp Creek and Goose Creek are tributaries of the Sangamon River which runs through this township.

Cities and towns

Monticello (large majority)

Adjacent townships

Sangamon Township (north)
Scott Township, Champaign County (northeast)
Colfax Township, Champaign County (east)
Sadorus Township, Champaign County (southeast)
Bement Township (south)
Willow Branch Township (west)
Goose Creek Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains several cemeteries: Haneline (Section 14, T. 18 N., R. 5 E.), Monticello, Monticello and Woolington. Barnes Cemetery is in Section 1, T. 18 N., R. 6 E.

Schools

Haneline School No. 69 (Section 23, T. 18 N., R. 5 E.), a brick building, is now a residence on Allerton Road.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

Piatt County Airport

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	5,940	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "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 February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Piatt County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Monticello
City	Monticello	Map of Illinois highlighting Piatt County
Villages	Atwood‡ Bement Cerro Gordo Cisco De Land Hammond Ivesdale‡ Mansfield
Townships	Bement Blue Ridge Cerro Gordo Goose Creek Monticello Sangamon Unity Willow Branch
CDPs	La Place White Heath
Other unincorporated communities	Amenia Blue Ridge Galesville Lodge Milmine Pierson Voorhies
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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