East Bend Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 584 and it contained 257 housing units. East Bend Township was named for a meander of the Sangamon River. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.53%) is land and (or 0.47%) is water. In addition to the Sangamon River, the streams of Blackford Slough, Dickerson Slough, Hillsbury Slough, Owl Creek, and Wildcat Slough run through the township. East Bend is coterminous with survey township 22 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian. Cities and towns Fisher (northeast quarter of village) Unincorporated communities Dewey (in section 34) Tomlinson (in section 36) Extinct villages Houstonville (vicinity of the intersection of sections 16, 17, 20, and 21) Cemeteries The township contains two cemeteries: Beekman (Section 18) and East Bend (Section 19). Major highways U.S. Route 136 Demographics History East Bend Township, a civil township, was created in 1860, after Champaign County adopted the township form of government, and originally comprised two survey townships. The area had previously been known as Sodom, after an early post office, and the earliest European American settlers arrived in the late 1830s and early 1840s. The western half of East Bend Township was set off in 1869 to create Brown Township. References United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files External links US-Counties.com City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Townships in Champaign County, Illinois Townships in Illinois