Wabash Township is one of fifteen

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,081 and it contained 966 housing units.

Geography

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

Cities, towns, villages

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(east quarter)

Unincorporated towns

* Dennison * Farrington * Fox Run * Golf Lakes * Griffin (historical) * Livingston * McKeen *

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(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these eleven cemeteries: Asbury, Big Creek, Black, Cumberland, Dean, Dennison, Farris, Liffick, Livingston, Mackey and Thompson.

Major highways

Interstate 70 Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15, I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to Interstate 695 (Maryland), I-695 and Maryland Route 570 (MD 570) in Woodlawn, Baltimo ...

U.S. Route 40 U.S. Route 40 or U.S. Highway 40 (US 40), also known as the Main Street of America (a nickname shared with U.S. Route 66), is a major east–west United States Highway traveling across the United States from the Mountain States to the Mid- ...

Illinois Route 1 Illinois Route 1 (IL 1) is a state highway (US), state highway in the U.S. state of Illinois. Running parallel to the Indiana border, the highway starts at the Cave-In-Rock Ferry, free ferry crossing to Kentucky at Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, ...

Airports and landing strips

* Kibler Airport

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 2,081 people, 709 households, and 603 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 966 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 96.44%

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, 0.00%

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, 0.19% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.00%

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, 0.29% from other races, and 2.45% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.96% of the population. There were 709 households, out of which 29.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.89% were married couples living together, 2.26% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 14.95% were non-families. 12.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.60% 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 2.47. The township's age distribution consisted of 20.2% under the age of 18, 0.0% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 32.8% from 45 to 64, and 21.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 118.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.3 males. The median income for a household in the township was $88,234, and the median income for a family was $87,547. Males had a median income of $60,333 versus $42,778 for females. The

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for the township was $41,188. About 2.2% of families and 4.4% 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

* Marshall Community Unit School District #C-2

Political districts

Illinois's 15th congressional district The 15th congressional district of Illinois is currently located in central Illinois. It was located in eastern and southeastern Illinois until 2022. It is currently represented by Republican Party (United States), Republican Mary Miller (poli ...

* State House District 109 * State Senate District 55

References

United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

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