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Ayers Township is one of thirty townships in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 453 and it contained 195 housing units.[2]

Ayers Township
Township
Location in Champaign County
Champaign County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 39°54′58″N 87°57′59″W
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyChampaign
Area
 • Total22.88 sq mi (59.3 km2)
 • Land22.88 sq mi (59.3 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation
702 ft (214 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Estimate 
(2016)[1]
455
 • Density19.8/sq mi (7.6/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
61810, 61816, 61849
FIPS code17-019-03246

History


Ayers Township, named after the landowner at the time, was formed from a portion of South Homer Township on 9 September 1885.[3]


Geography


Ayers is Township 17 North, Range 11 East of the Third Principal Meridian and part of 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.[4]

Lost Grove (Section 6, T17N, R11E) was a timber grove along the upper Little Vermilion River. It was a well known traveler's landmark on the 1838 unpaved dirt road going from Paris in Edgar County to Urbana. The road ceased to exist when township roads on section lines were established in 1860.

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 22.88 square miles (59.3 km2), all land.[2]

Map of Ayers Township
Map of Ayers Township

Cities, towns, villages



Cemeteries


The township contains these two cemeteries: Immanuel Lutheran (Section 18, T17N, R11E) and Saint John (Section 19, T17N, R11E).


Major highways



Demographics


Historical population
CensusPop.%±
2016 (est.)455[1]
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

School districts



Political districts



References


  1. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  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.
  3. Baselt FD, Moeller JF, eds. (1984). Cemeteries of Champaign County, Illinois. Champaign, Illinois. p. 13. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. Historical Map of Champaign County 1819−1940 by Champaign County Regional Planning Commission, Karl B. Lohmann, chairman; M. Eugene Baughman, cartographer. Urbana, Illinois: 1940. Reprinted 1968.
  5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.




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