Somer Township, Champaign County, Illinois


Somer Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,268 and it contained 635 housing units.

History

Somer Township changed its name from Pleasant Hill Township on April 30, 1860.

Geography

Somer is Township 20 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which is land and is water.

Unincorporated towns

The township contains four cemeteries: Clements, Cora Brooks, Coslet and Yearsley.

Grain Elevators

Leverett elevator was built along the Illinois Central—Canadian National railroad.
Sharp's Crossing elevator was built on the short–lived Kankakee and Urbana Traction Company interurban line around 1920, and was operated by the Sharp Grain Company. The wooden elevator on the west side of U.S. Route 45 at County Road 2300 North was destroyed by fire.

Major highways