Stonington Township, Christian County, Illinois

Stonington Township
Stonington Township
CDT)
ZIP codes	62513, 62531, 62567, 62568
FIPS code	17-021-72962

Stonington Township is one of seventeen townships in Christian County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 993 and it contained 467 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.17 square miles (93.7 km²), all land.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Stonington

Unincorporated towns

Midway at 39°40′11″N 89°09′31″W / 39.669764°N 89.158693°W / 39.669764; -89.158693
Sandersville at 39°36′42″N 89°09′35″W / 39.611709°N 89.159805°W / 39.611709; -89.159805

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Mount Zion, Old Stonington and Ponting.

Major highways

Illinois Route 48

Airports and landing strips

McChristy Airport

Demographics

As of the

Latino

of any race were 1.21% of the population.

There were 397 households, out of which 18.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.56% were married couples living together, 8.82% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 41.81% were non-families. 37.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.06 and the average family size was 2.70.

The township's age distribution consisted of 16.5% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 24.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $54,911, and the median income for a family was $66,563. Males had a median income of $50,179 versus $35,625 for females. The

poverty line

, including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 14.4% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	1,131	—
2020	993	−12.2%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

Meridian Community Unit School District 15
Taylorville Community Unit School District 3

Political districts

State House District 87
State Senate District 44

References

^ ^a ^b "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

[:0-1] "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.

[census-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.

[DecennialCensus-3] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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Cities		Assumption Pana‡ Taylorville	Map of Illinois highlighting Christian County
Villages	Bulpitt Edinburg Harvel‡ Jeisyville Kincaid Morrisonville Mount Auburn Moweaqua‡ Owaneco Palmer Stonington Tovey
Townships	Assumption Bear Creek Buckhart Greenwood Johnson King Locust May Mosquito Mount Auburn Pana Prairieton Ricks Rosamond South Fork Stonington Taylorville
CDP	Langleyville
Other unincorporated communities	Bolivia Clarksdale Dunkel Ellis Grove City Hewittsville Midway Millersville Old Stonington Osbernville Radford Roby Rosamond Sharpsburg Sicily Vanderville Velma Willey Station Zenobia‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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