Drummer Township is one of twelve

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in Ford County,

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,046 and it contained 1,912 housing units.

History

The township was formed from a portion of Dix Township (originally named Drummer Grove Township) on March 1, 1869. Drummer Township is named after a hunting dog called Drummer, who died while chasing a deer and was buried in what became known as Drummer Grove.Gardner, E. A. 1908. ''History of Ford County, Illinois, from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908''. Chicago: Clarke, p. 117.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Drummer Township has a total area of , of which (or 99.64%) is land and (or 0.36%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Gibson City Gibson City is a city in Ford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,475 at the 2020 census. History The site of Gibson City was purchased and platted by Jonathan B. Lott in 1869. In 1870, Lott built a home and a post office there ...

Extinct towns

* Derby * Garber * Harpster * Proctor

Cemeteries

The township contains Drummer Township Cemetery.

Major highways

Illinois Route 9 Illinois Route 9 (IL 9) is a cross-state, east–west rural state highway in the central part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It travels from Niota at the Fort Madison Toll Bridge, that crosses the Mississippi River into Iowa, eastward across ...

Illinois Route 47 Illinois Route 47 (IL 47) is a largely rural north–south state highway that runs from the Wisconsin state border at Highway 120 (Wisconsin), Highway 120 near Hebron, Illinois, Hebron, to Illinois Route 10, IL 10, just south of I ...

Illinois Route 54 Illinois Route 54 (IL 54) is a east–west highway in east-central Illinois. It passes through the cities of Clinton, Gibson City, and Onarga. Its western terminus is at Interstate 55 (I-55) in Springfield. Its eastern terminus is at U.S. R ...

Airports and landing strips

* Gibson Community Hospital Heliport * Wright Airport

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 4,046 people, 1,838 households, and 1,004 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,912 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 92.96%

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, 0.72%

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, 0.07%

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, 0.77% Asian, 0.00%

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, 1.06% from

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, and 4.42% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.02% of the population. There were 1,838 households, out of which 29.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.56% were married couples living together, 8.27% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 45.38% were non-families. 42.90% 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 2.04 and the average family size was 2.84. The township's age distribution consisted of 21.8% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.6 males. The median income for a household in the township was $45,718, and the median income for a family was $77,841. Males had a median income of $52,169 versus $32,250 for females. The

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for the township was $31,050. About 6.0% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the

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, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

* Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5

Political districts

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* State House District 105 * State Senate District 53

References

*
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

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