Mayfield Township is one of nineteen

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 872 and it contained 409 housing units. Mayfield Township was renamed from Liberty Township on November 20, 1850.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Mayfield Township has a total area of , of which (or 99.37%) is land and (or 0.63%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

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Cemeteries

* Ault Road * Mayfield

Airports and landing strips

* Anderson Airport * Marx V Stott Airport

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 872 people, 309 households, and 116 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 409 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 86.47%

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, 1.03%

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, 0.69% Native American, 1.26% Asian, 0.00%

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, 3.10% from other races, and 7.45% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 8.26% of the population. There were 309 households, out of which 6.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.63% were married couples living together, none had a female householder with no spouse present, and 62.46% were non-families. 34.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.59. The township's age distribution consisted of 8.7% under the age of 18, none from 18 to 24, 52.9% from 25 to 44, 14% from 45 to 64, and 24.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 151.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 164.9 males. The median income for a household in the township was $85,081. Males had a median income of $31,667 versus $37,031 for females. The

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for the township was $33,298. No families and 4.3% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

* Genoa-Kingston Community Unit School District 424 * Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426 *

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Political districts

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* State House District 70 * State Senate District 35

References

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United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Township Officials of Illinois

DeKalb County Official Site
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