Symmes Township is one of fifteen

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in Edgar County,

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 948 and it contained 447 housing units. The township was called Marion Township until May 9, 1857.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Symmes Township has a total area of , of which (or 99.90%) is land and (or 0.10%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

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(south edge)

Unincorporated towns

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Extinct towns

* Bell Ridge

Cemeteries

* Cassady * Chronic * Elledge Holley * Laufman * Lycan * New Hope * O'Hair * Ogden * Quinn * Stephens * Swango * Walls * Zimmerly

Major highways

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Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 948 people, 419 households, and 333 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 447 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 96.84%

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, 0.42%

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, 0.11% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00%

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, 0.32% from other races, and 2.32% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.32% of the population. There were 419 households, out of which 27.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.99% were married couples living together, 3.34% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 20.53% were non-families. 19.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.51. The township's age distribution consisted of 15.1% under the age of 18, 3.7% from 18 to 24, 21.7% from 25 to 44, 35.4% from 45 to 64, and 24.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males. The median income for a household in the township was $61,359, and the median income for a family was $78,029. Males had a median income of $23,606 versus $32,500 for females. The

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for the township was $30,534. About 5.4% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the

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, including 0.0% of those under age 18 and 12.4% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

* Paris Community Unit School District 4 * Paris-Union School District 95

Political districts

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* State House District 109 * State Senate District 55

References

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US Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

US National Atlas

External links

Edgar County Official Site
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