] Hensley Township is a Civil township, township in Champaign County,

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,033 and it contained 464 housing units.

History

Hensley Township formed from Champaign Township in September, 1866 as Grant Township, but the name was changed to Hensley on an unknown date. Hensley Township received its name from Archibald P. Hensley (1806-1876), one of the earliest settlers of that part of the country.

Geography

Hensley is Township 20 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian. According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. The source of the

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is located in section 19 of this township, rising from the Kaskaskia ditch. The Kaskaskia watershed drains directly into the

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Cities and towns

* Mahomet (east edge)

Unincorporated towns

* Rising

Cemeteries

The township contains seven cemeteries: Bethlehe

Fishe

George Peters Family, Grandview Memorial Garden

Gregory Burial and Haines Family.

Grain elevators

The Andersons Grain and Fertilizer (Section 29), 3515 North Staley Road (County Road 800 East) opened in 1968. The Andersons grain assets were sold to Total Grain Marketing of Effingham, Illinois in September 2021. It is the largest grain elevator in Illinois with more than 16 million bushels of storage capacity. Rising Station elevator (Section 29) was built along the Big Four—Conrail System railroad in 1917. It is operated by the Rising Farmer's Grain Company. It has the original wooden elevator and several concrete silos on Rising Road (County Road 700 East).

Public transit

Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District The Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District (colloquially known as the MTD) is a mass transit system that operates in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area in eastern Illinois. MTD is headquartered in Urbana, Illinois, Urbana and operates its p ...

Major highways

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Airports and landing strips

* Andrew RLA Airport * Champaign Airport (historical) * McCulley Airport (closed)

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 1,033 people, 355 households, and 255 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 464 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 63.31%

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, 21.30%

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, 0.29% Native American, 1.26%

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, 0.00%

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, 4.74% from

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, and 9.10% from two or more races.

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of any race were 9.29% of the population. There were 355 households, out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.18% were married couples living together, 12.11% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 28.17% were non-families. 16.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.12. The township's age distribution consisted of 23.1% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 20.8% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.5 males. The median income for a household in the township was $71,088, and the median income for a family was $82,875. Males had a median income of $41,111 versus $27,390 for females. The

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for the township was $32,935. About 3.5% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the

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References

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United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

{{authority control Townships in Champaign County, Illinois Townships in Illinois 1866 establishments in Illinois