Kerr Township, Champaign County, Illinois
Kerr Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 163 and it contained 66 housing units. History. Kerr Township changed its name from Middlefork Township on April 30, 1860. Geography. Kerr is Township 22 North, Range 11 East of the Third Principal Meridian and part of Range 14 West of the Second Principal Meridian. When the federal township land surveys were done in 1821 one group of surveyors went west from the Second Principal Meridian and another went east from the Third Principal Meridian. Both groups  used rawhide measuring lines that expanded and contracted with the weather. When the two groups met in eastern Champaign County the surveys didn't agree, resulting in double section numbers in the eastern townships and ongoing property line confusion among landowners. According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.37%) is land and (or 0.63%) is water. The stream of Sugar Creek runs through this township. Cemeteries. The township contains four cemeteries: Chenoweth, Patton, Peabody and Tomlinson.