Mason Township is one of fifteen townships in Effingham County,

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, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,275 and it contained 582 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township (T6N R5E) has a total area of , of which (or 99.89%) is land and (or 0.11%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Edgewood * Mason

Extinct towns

* Bristol

Cemeteries

The township contains these thirteen cemeteries: Bailey, Brockett, Brown, Davidson, Edgewood, Leith, Mason, New Hope, Old Mason, Robinson, Saint Ann's Catholic, Wabash and Wright.

Major highways

* Interstate 57

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 1,275 people, 568 households, and 407 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 582 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 93.25%

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, 0.55%

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, 0.31% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.00%

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, 1.18% from other races, and 4.24% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.41% of the population. There were 568 households, out of which 29.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.98% were married couples living together, 4.75% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 28.35% were non-families. 16.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.68. The township's age distribution consisted of 18.2% under the age of 18, 14.4% from 18 to 24, 19.8% from 25 to 44, 30.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 115.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 114.4 males. The median income for a household in the township was $45,313, and the median income for a family was $48,125. Males had a median income of $36,196 versus $25,833 for females. The

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for the township was $22,582. About 7.1% of families and 10.3% of the population were below the

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, including 21.2% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

* Altamont Community Unit School District 10 * Effingham Community Unit School District 40

Political districts

* Illinois' 19th congressional district * State House District 102 * State Senate District 51

References

*
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

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