Pilot Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 587 and it contained 257 housing units.

History

Pilot Township was one of the eight townships created in 1851.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 62.17 square miles (161.0 km), of which 62.16 square miles (161.0 km) (or 99.98%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km) (or 0.03%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

• Collison

Extinct towns

• Hope

Adjacent townships

• Middlefork Township (north)
• Blount Township (east)
• Oakwood Township (south)
• Ogden Township, Champaign County (southwest)
• Compromise Township, Champaign County (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains eight cemeteries: Collison, Concord, Emberry Chaple, Knight's Branch, Rice, Stump, Trimmell and Underwood Family.

Major highways

• Illinois State Route 49

Airports and landing strips

• Collison Airport

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2016 (est.)	568
U.S. Decennial Census