South Homer Township (Township of South Homer)
South Homer Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,492 and it contained 696 housing units.
South Homer is composed of parts of Townships 18 and 19 North, Range 11 East of the Third Principal Meridian; and Townships 18 and 19 North, Range 14 West of the Second Principal Meridian. When the federal township land surveys were done in 1821 one group of surveyors went west from the Second Principal Meridian and another went east from the Third Principal Meridian. Both groups used rawhide measuring lines that expanded and contracted with the weather. When the two groups met in eastern Champaign County the surveys didn't agree, resulting in double section numbers in the eastern townships and ongoing property line confusion among landowners.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 28.26 sqmi, of which 27.96 sqmi (or 98.94%) is land and 0.3 sqmi (or 1.06%) is water. The Salt Fork of the Vermilion River winds its way through the north west section of the township. The confluence of 40°N, -88°W lies in a farm field, in section 19 of the township.
South Homer is composed of parts of Townships 18 and 19 North, Range 11 East of the Third Principal Meridian; and Townships 18 and 19 North, Range 14 West of the Second Principal Meridian. When the federal township land surveys were done in 1821 one group of surveyors went west from the Second Principal Meridian and another went east from the Third Principal Meridian. Both groups used rawhide measuring lines that expanded and contracted with the weather. When the two groups met in eastern Champaign County the surveys didn't agree, resulting in double section numbers in the eastern townships and ongoing property line confusion among landowners.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 28.26 sqmi, of which 27.96 sqmi (or 98.94%) is land and 0.3 sqmi (or 1.06%) is water. The Salt Fork of the Vermilion River winds its way through the north west section of the township. The confluence of 40°N, -88°W lies in a farm field, in section 19 of the township.
Map - South Homer Township (Township of South Homer)
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