Union Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Union Township
Union Township
Township
	Location in Fulton County
	Fulton County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 40°39′51″N90°23′45″W / 40.66417°N 90.39583°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Fulton
Area
• Total	36.64 sq mi (94.9 km2)
• Land	36.60 sq mi (94.8 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) 0.10%
Elevation	633 ft (193 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	900
• Density	25/sq mi (9.5/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	61415, 61431
FIPS code	17-057-76667

Last updated March 29, 2024

Union Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 900 and it contained 453 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Union Township has a total area of 36.64 square miles (94.90 km²), of which 36.60 square miles (94.79 km²) (or 99.90%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) (or 0.10%) is water.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Avon

Extinct towns

Pleasant Ridge
Troy

(These are listed as "historical" by the USGS.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Avon, Babbitt, Flake and Saint Augustine.

Major highways

Illinois Route 41

Lakes

Avondale Lake

Demographics

As of the 2020 census ^[1] there were 900 people, 416 households, and 227 families residing in the township. The population density was 24.56 inhabitants per square mile (9.48/km²). There were 453 housing units at an average density of 12.36 per square mile (4.77/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.00% White, 0.67% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.33% from other races, and 1.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.56% of the population.

There were 416 households, out of which 34.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.86% were married couples living together, 6.01% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 45.43% were non-families. 39.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.36.

The township's age distribution consisted of 23.8% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $44,219, and the median income for a family was $59,625. Males had a median income of $25,865 versus $22,359 for females. The per capita income for the township was $21,393. About 20.7% of families and 15.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.3% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2000	1,154	—
2010	1,008	−12.7%
2020	900	−10.7%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

Avon Community Unit School District 176
Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4

Political districts

Illinois' 17th congressional district
State House District 94
State Senate District 47

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References

"Union Township, Fulton 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 2 "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
↑ Bureau, US Census. "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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[:0-1] 1 2 "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.

[gaz2021-2] Bureau, US Census. "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.

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

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Fulton County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Lewistown
Cities	Canton Cuba Farmington‡ Lewistown	Map of Illinois highlighting Fulton County
Town	Astoria
Villages	Avon‡ Banner Bryant Dunfermline Ellisville Fairview Ipava Liverpool London Mills‡ Marietta Norris Smithfield St. David Table Grove Vermont
Townships	Astoria Banner Bernadotte Buckheart Canton Cass Deerfield Ellisville Fairview Farmers Farmington Harris Isabel Joshua Kerton Lee Lewistown Liverpool Orion Pleasant Putman Union Vermont Waterford Woodland Young Hickory
Unincorporated communities	Babylon Beaty Bernadotte Blyton Breeds Brereton Checkrow Depler Springs Duncan Mills Enion Fiatt Gilchrist Leesburg Little America Manley Maples Mill Marbletown Middlegrove Monterey Poverty Ridge Rawalts Sepo Seville Summum
Ghost towns	Bybee Civer Midway Sugarville Tuscumbia
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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