Tolono Township, Champaign County, Illinois


Tolono Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,270 and it contained 2,300 housing units.

Geography

Tolono is Township 18 North, Range 8 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. The stream of Page Run runs through this township.

Cities and towns

The township contains eight cemeteries: Bailey Memorial, Barnett, Bartley, Battershell, Beckman, Prairieview, Saint Marys and Saint Patrick.

Churches

Prairieview Church adjacent to Prairieview Cemetery is no longer standing.

Grain elevators

Tolono elevator was built along the Wabash—Norfolk Southern railroad. Operated by Tolono Mill and Elevator in 1913; V.L. Horton in 1929; Grand Prairie Coop Inc. in 2000.

Major highways