Cottonwood Township is one of eight townships in

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, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 485 and it contained 223 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Cottonwood Township has a total area of , of which (or 99.96%) is land and (or 0.04%) is water. The Embarras River defines the township's eastern border.

Unincorporated towns

* Bradbury at * Janesville at * Johnstown at

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Haggins, Hutton and Tippett.

Airports and landing strips

* Thornton Airport

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 485 people, 156 households, and 94 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 223 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 96.49%

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, 0.00%

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, 0.21% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.00%

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, 0.00% from other races, and 3.09% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.82% of the population. There were 156 households, out of which 33.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.26% were married couples living together, 0.00% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 39.74% were non-families. 31.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.60. The township's age distribution consisted of 23.9% under the age of 18, 2.2% from 18 to 24, 16.9% from 25 to 44, 38.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 251.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 186.9 males. The median income for a household in the township was $67,188, and the median income for a family was $96,855. Males had a median income of $32,344 versus $27,368 for females. The

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for the township was $31,765.No families and 13.0% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 46.5% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

* Charleston Community Unit School District 1 * Cumberland Community Unit School District 77 * Neoga Community Unit School District 3

Political districts

* State House District 109 * State Senate District 55

References

*
United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Township Officials of Illinois

Adjacent townships

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