Sefton Township, Fayette County, Illinois

Coordinates: 39°02′52″N 88°59′32″W / 39.04778°N 88.99222°W / 39.04778; -88.99222
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Sefton Township
CDT)
ZIP codes
62080, 62418, 62458, 62471
FIPS code17-051-68549

Sefton Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 559 and it contained 253 housing units.[1]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 49.9 square miles (129 km2), of which 49.88 square miles (129.2 km2) (or 99.96%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km2) (or 0.04%) is water.[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Extinct towns

  • Avena
  • Sefton

Cemeteries

The township contains these seven cemeteries: Fairview, Forbis, Liberty, Mount Carmel, New Liberty, Padon and Zion.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

  • Miller Landing Strip

Demographics

As of the

Latino
of any race were 0.54% of the population.

There were 203 households, out of which 31.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.69% were married couples living together, 7.39% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 33.99% were non-families. 26.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.25.

The township's age distribution consisted of 26.7% under the age of 18, 2.5% from 18 to 24, 35% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 129.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $60,938, and the median income for a family was $67,500. Males had a median income of $43,795 versus $26,576 for females. The

poverty line
, including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 0.0% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2000568—
20105995.5%
2020559−6.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

School districts

  • Brownstown Community Unit School District 201
  • Ramsey Community Unit School District 204
  • St Elmo Community Unit School District 202
  • Vandalia Community Unit School District 203

Political districts

  • Illinois' 19th congressional district
  • State House District 102
  • State Senate District 51

References

  • "Sefton 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. ^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

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