Newcomb Township, Champaign County, Illinois


Newcomb Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,292 and it contained 492 housing units.

Geography

Newcomb is Township 21 North, Range 7 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. Illinois Route 47 crosses the township from north to south. U.S. Route 136 forms the northern boundary. The historically registered Hazen Bridge crosses the Sangamon River in the eastern part of this township.

Cities and towns

Natural gas storage area

Though the township is mostly farmland, it also contains the Manlove Field Natural gas storage area operated by Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company. The storage facility is an underground aquifer opened in 1966 capable of storing around of natural gas for delivery to the Chicago area via connected pipelines. Peoples gas holds property easements covering around for the storage facility and co-located liquefied natural gas plant.

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Naylor, Shiloh and Willowbrook.

Major highways