South Grove Township, DeKalb County, Illinois
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South Grove Township is one of nineteen
townships A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 447 and it contained 201 housing units. South Grove Township was renamed from Vernon Township on November 20, 1850.


Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, South Grove Township has a total area of , of which (or 99.81%) is land and (or 0.19%) is water.


Unincorporated towns

* Esmond at


Cemeteries

* Greenview * South Grove


Airports and landing strips

* Vodden Airport


Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 447 people, 177 households, and 145 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 201 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 84.56%
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, 0.89%
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, 1.12% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00%
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, 5.82% from other races, and 7.61% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 10.07% of the population. There were 177 households, out of which 13.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.84% were married couples living together, 1.13% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 18.08% were non-families. 15.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.37. The township's age distribution consisted of 9.1% under the age of 18, 1.8% from 18 to 24, 8.3% from 25 to 44, 31.1% from 45 to 64, and 49.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 64.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.9 males. The median income for a household in the township was $93,125, and the median income for a family was $94,034. Males had a median income of $52,300 versus $30,192 for females. The
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for the township was $60,202. No families and 2.3% of the population were below the
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, including none of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.


School districts

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DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 is a school district headquartered in DeKalb, Illinois DeKalb ( ) is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 40,290 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The ...
* Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426 *
Sycamore Community Unit School District 427 Sycamore is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning . Species of otherwise unrelated trees known as sycamore: * ''Acer pseudoplatanus'', a ...
* Rochelle Township High School District 212


Political districts

*
Illinois's 16th congressional district The 16th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Republican Darin LaHood. Prominent past representatives from the 16th district have included Everett Dirksen, who went on to become the Republican leader in the United States Senate; ...
* State House District 70 * State Senate District 35


References

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US Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

US National Atlas


External links






Township Officials of Illinois

DeKalb County Official Site


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