May Township is one of seventeen

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,760 and it contained 774 housing units.

History

May Township was established November 7, 1865, as Smith Township, but was later changed to Howard, then Penn, and finally to May. References as to when the name changes happened have been lost. It was named in honor of Colonel Charles May, of the artillery arm of the service in the

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Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.81%) is land and (or 0.19%) is water. The highest point in May Township is located approximately 20 feet south of the centerline of County Road 1600 North, at roughly 1816 East (.16 miles East of 1800 North Road, a/k/a Christian County Highway #7).

Cities, towns, villages

* Taylorville (east edge)

Unincorporated towns

* Old Stonington at * Willey Station at

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Fraley, Harris Number 2, Long and Tanner.

Major highways

Illinois Route 29 Illinois Route 29 (IL 29) is a two to four lane state road that runs south from U.S. Route 6/Illinois Route 89 at Spring Valley to U.S. Route 51/Illinois Route 16 at Pana, running through Pekin, Peoria and Springfield. The nearest major north& ...

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Airports and landing strips

* Anselm Landing Strip

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 1,760 people, 620 households, and 482 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 774 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 96.65%

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, 0.28%

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, 0.23% Native American, 0.57%

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, 0.00%

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, 0.17% from

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, and 2.10% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.00% of the population. There were 620 households, out of which 26.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.97% were married couples living together, 6.94% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 22.26% were non-families. 13.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.91. The township's age distribution consisted of 20.3% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 18.8% from 25 to 44, 31% from 45 to 64, and 25.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 119.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.8 males. The median income for a household in the township was $80,463, and the median income for a family was $81,481. Males had a median income of $66,679 versus $33,059 for females. The

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for the township was $48,246. About 1.0% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

* Central A & M Community Unit School District 21 * Taylorville Community Unit School District 3

Political districts

* State House District 87 * State House District 98 * State Senate District 44 * State Senate District 49

References

*
United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas
* Illinois Atlas & Gazetteer; Third Edition, Second Printing; Copyright 2000 DeLorme; ; pp 62

External links

Township Officials of Illinois
{{authority control Townships in Christian County, Illinois Townships in Illinois