Northern Township is one of twelve

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in Franklin County,

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 456 and it contained 192 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Northern Township has a total area of , of which (or 99.69%) is land and (or 0.31%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

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(west half)

Unincorporated towns

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* Frisco * Taylor Hill (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Gilgal, Jacksonville, Macedonia, Middle Fork, Smith and Walnut Grove.

Major highways

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Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 456 people, 210 households, and 129 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 192 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 94.74%

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, 0.66%

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

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, 0.22% from other races, and 4.39% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.66% of the population. There were 210 households, out of which 32.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.52% were married couples living together, 1.90% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 38.57% were non-families. 37.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 24.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 3.15. The township's age distribution consisted of 24.1% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 21.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 148.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 133.3 males. The median income for a household in the township was $80,000, and the median income for a family was $100,694. Males had a median income of $53,512 versus $31,827 for females. The

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for the township was $34,939. About 1.6% of families and 1.8% of the population were below the

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, including 0.0% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

Ewing Northern CCSD #115 Benton Consolidated High School #103

Political districts

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* State House District 117 * State Senate District 59

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

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