Cortland Township is one of nineteen

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,244 and it contained 4,357 housing units. Cortland Township was originally named Richland Township, but was renamed to Pampas Township on November 20, 1850; it was renamed to Cortland Township on February 1, 1865.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Cortland Township has a total area of , of which (or 99.33%) is land and (or 0.67%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Cortland * Dekalb (east edge) * Maple Park (partial) *

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(partial)

Cemeteries

* Mount Rest * Mount Pleasant * Ohio Grove

Airports and landing strips

* DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport * Ruder Airport

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 11,244 people, 4,023 households, and 2,822 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 4,357 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 80.72%

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, 4.75%

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, 0.36% Native American, 1.80% Asian, 0.04%

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, 3.73% from other races, and 8.60% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 11.71% of the population. There were 4,023 households, out of which 35.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.00% were married couples living together, 12.08% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 29.85% were non-families. 20.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.28. The township's age distribution consisted of 25.2% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males. The median income for a household in the township was $73,388, and the median income for a family was $93,278. Males had a median income of $51,148 versus $30,242 for females. The

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for the township was $32,753. About 4.7% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the

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, including 8.3% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over. Enter a new FIPS Code

School districts

* DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 * Kaneland Community Unit School District 302 * Sycamore Community Unit School District 427

Political districts

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* State House District 70 * State Senate District 35

References

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US Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

US National Atlas

External links

Township Officials of Illinois

DeKalb County Official Site
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