Loraine Township is one of twenty-four
townships in
Henry County,
Illinois
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,
USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 244 and it contained 125 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Loraine Township has a total area of , all land.
Adjacent townships
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Portland Township, Whiteside County (north)
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Prophetstown Township, Whiteside County (northeast)
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Yorktown Township (east)
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Alba Township (southeast)
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Atkinson Township (south)
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Geneseo Township (southwest)
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Phenix Township (west)
Cemeteries
The township contains these three cemeteries: Bowman, Kemmis and Loraine.
Major highways
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Illinois Route 92
Airports and landing strips
* Christmas Forest Airport
Demographics
As of the
2020 census there were 244 people, 101 households, and 80 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 125 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 95.90%
White
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, 0.82%
African American
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, 0.00%
Native American, 0.41%
Asian, 0.00%
Pacific Islander
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, 1.64% from
other races, and 1.23% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race were 2.05% of the population.
There were 101 households, out of which 45.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.21% were married couples living together, none had a female householder with no spouse present, and 20.79% were non-families. 20.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.25.
The township's age distribution consisted of 35.2% under the age of 18, 0.0% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 75.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.8 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $109,583, and the median income for a family was $115,000. Males had a median income of $81,250 versus $43,558 for females. The
per capita income
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for the township was $35,138. No families and 2.5% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including none of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
School districts
* Annawan Community Unit School District 226
* Geneseo Community Unit School District 228
* Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3
Political districts
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Illinois's 14th congressional district
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Joseph Gurney Cannon, who also served as Spea ...
* State House District 90
* State Senate District 45
References
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles*
United States National Atlas
External links
Township Officials of Illinois
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Townships in Henry County, Illinois
Townships in Illinois