View source for Sand Prairie Township, Tazewell County, Illinois

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|official_name          = Sand Prairie Township
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'''Sand Prairie Township''' is located in [[Tazewell County, Illinois|Tazewell County]], [[Illinois]]. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,441 and it contained 582 housing units.<ref name="census">{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17179
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212203303/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17179
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=2020-02-12
|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1
|publisher=United States Census
|accessdate=2013-05-28
}}</ref> Sand Prairie Township changed its name from Jefferson Township May 20, 1850.
==Geography==
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|35.46|sqmi}}, all land.<ref name="census"/>
==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|estyear=2016
|estimate=1400
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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==References==
<references/>
==External links==
*[http://www.city-data.com/township/Sand-Prairie-Tazewell-IL.html City-data.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071023014037/http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/tazewell.html Illinois State Archives]
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[[Category:Townships in Tazewell County, Illinois]]
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