West Galena Township is one of 23

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in Jo Daviess County,

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,230 and it contained 1,912 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, West Galena Township has a total area of , of which (or 83.87%) is land and (or 16.13%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

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(east three-quarters)

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries:

Greenwood Cemetery (Galena, Illinois) Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery, public cemetery in West Galena Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, West Galena Township in the city of Galena, Illinois. It is located one mile west of downtown Galena at the intersection of US 20 (Ulysses S. ...

and Saint Marys.

Major highways

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Illinois Route 84 Illinois Route 84 (Route 84 or IL 84) is a long state highway that runs along the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois. Illinois 84 runs from south of Green Rock, Illinois, Green Rock (now Colona, Illinois, Colona) at U.S. Route 6 (Illinoi ...

Rivers

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Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 3,230 people, 1,585 households, and 823 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,912 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 88.39%

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, 0.71%

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, 0.43%

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, 0.71% Asian, 0.00%

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, 4.15% from other races, and 5.60% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 10.22% of the population. There were 1,585 households, out of which 15.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.36% were married couples living together, 6.56% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 48.08% were non-families. 41.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.91 and the average family size was 2.68. The township's age distribution consisted of 18.3% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 19% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 28.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.2 males. The median income for a household in the township was $53,063, and the median income for a family was $74,877. Males had a median income of $41,920 versus $27,583 for females. The

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for the township was $40,668. About 0.0% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the

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, including 0.0% of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

* Galena Unit School District 120

Political districts

* Illinois' 16th congressional district * State House District 89 * State Senate District 45

References

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United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas

External links

Jo Daviess County official site

Township Officials of Illinois
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