Wheatland Township, Fayette County, Illinois

Coordinates: 38°57′21″N 88°51′34″W / 38.95583°N 88.85944°W / 38.95583; -88.85944
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Wheatland Township
CDT)
ZIP codes
62418, 62458, 62838, 62857, 62880
FIPS code17-051-81022

Wheatland Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 496 and it contained 216 housing units.[1]

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Wheatland Township has a total area of 36.73 square miles (95.13 km2), of which 36.69 square miles (95.03 km2) (or 99.90%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (or 0.10%) is water.[2]

Unincorporated towns

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: German Reformed, Lovett, Old Loogootee, Sidener and Stein.

Major highways

Demographics

As of the

Latino
of any race were 0.40% of the population.

There were 195 households, out of which 23.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.49% were married couples living together, 0.00% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 11.28% were non-families. 11.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 2.78.

The township's age distribution consisted of 24.1% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 14.9% from 25 to 44, 30.6% from 45 to 64, and 23.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 114.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $68,173, and the median income for a family was $69,135. Males had a median income of $28,967 versus $25,104 for females. The

poverty line
, including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1990510—
2000468−8.2%
2010467−0.2%
20204966.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

School districts

  • Brownstown Community Unit School District 201
  • Saint Elmo Community Unit School District 202

Political districts

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

References

  • "Wheatland 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. ^ Bureau, US Census. "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

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