Biggsville Township is one of eleven

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in Henderson County,

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 514 and it contained 265 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Biggsville Township has a total area of , of which (or 99.84%) is land and (or 0.16%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Biggsville

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Biggsville, Cumberland Presbyterian, Huss and Salter's Grove.

Major highways

U.S. Route 34 U.S. Route 34 (US 34) is an east–west United States highway that runs for from north-central Colorado to the western suburbs of Chicago. Through Rocky Mountain National Park it is known as the Trail Ridge Road where it reaches an elevati ...

Illinois Route 94 Illinois Route 94 is a north–south state highway in western Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 24 (US 24) just east of Camp Point to U.S. Route 67 just south of Oak Grove, just south of the Quad Cities area. This is a distance of . ...

Airports and landing strips

* Corzatt Airport * Seymour Landing Strip

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 514 people, 295 households, and 208 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 265 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 96.30%

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, 0.58%

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, 0.58% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.00%

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, 0.19% from other races, and 2.14% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.95% of the population. There were 295 households, out of which 23.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.36% were married couples living together, 5.08% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 29.49% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.39. The township's age distribution consisted of 14.1% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 23.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 114.0 males. The median income for a household in the township was $90,074, and the median income for a family was $91,618. Males had a median income of $80,048 versus $21,500 for females. The

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for the township was $64,366. About 3.8% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the

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, including 1.1% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

* West Central Community Unit School District 235

Political districts

Illinois's 17th congressional district The 17th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Democrat Eric Sorensen (politician), Eric Sorensen. It includes most of the northwestern portion of the state, with most of its population living on the Illinois side of the Quad Citi ...

* State House District 94 * State Senate District 47

References

United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
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United States National Atlas

External links

Township Officials of Illinois
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