LaClede Township, Fayette County, Illinois

Coordinates: 38°52′19″N 88°45′00″W / 38.87194°N 88.75000°W / 38.87194; -88.75000
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LaClede Township
CDT)
ZIP codes
62426, 62838, 62880
FIPS code17-051-40533

LaClede Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 844 and it contained 374 housing units.[1]

LaClede Township was named for

Pierre Laclede, the founder of St. Louis, Missouri.[2]

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, LaClede Township has a total area of 36.84 square miles (95.42 km2), of which 36.80 square miles (95.31 km2) (or 99.89%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (or 0.11%) is water.[3]

Cities, towns, villages

  • Farina (northeast three-quarters)

Unincorporated towns

Cemeteries

The township contains Farina Cemetery.

Major highways

Demographics

As of the

Latino
of any race were 1.18% of the population.

There were 336 households, out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.51% were married couples living together, 12.20% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 36.90% were non-families. 31.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.30.

The township's age distribution consisted of 20.2% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 19% from 25 to 44, 22% from 45 to 64, and 27.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $52,833, and the median income for a family was $60,000. Males had a median income of $34,881 versus $23,125 for females. The

poverty line
, including 28.7% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2000899—
20109091.1%
2020844−7.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

School districts

  • Altamont Community Unit School District 10
  • Effingham Community Unit School District 40
  • South Central Community Unit School District 401

Political districts

References

  • "LaClede Township, Fayette County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
  • United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • United States National Atlas
  1. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  2. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Government Printing Office. pp. 178.
  3. ^ Bureau, US Census. "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

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