Montgomery Township, Crawford County, Illinois

Township in Illinois, United States

Montgomery Township

Township

Location in Crawford County

Crawford County's location in Illinois

Coordinates: 38°54′35″N 87°35′55″W﻿ / ﻿38.90972°N 87.59861°W﻿ / 38.90972; -87.59861
Country| United States
State| Illinois
County| Crawford
Established| June 21, 1869
Area

• Total

| 54.49 sq mi (141.1 km2)
• Land| 54.04 sq mi (140.0 km2)
• Water| 0.45 sq mi (1.2 km2)  0.83%
Elevation

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| 564 ft (172 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 671
• Density| 12/sq mi (4.8/km2)
Time zone| UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes|

62427, 62451, 62454

FIPS code| 17-033-50205

Montgomery Township is one of ten townships in Crawford County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 671 and it contained 289 housing units.[2]

## Geography

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According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Montgomery Township has a total area of 54.49 square miles (141.13 km2), of which 54.04 square miles (139.96 km2) (or 99.17%) is land and 0.45 square miles (1.17 km2) (or 0.83%) is water.[3] The Wabash River defines its eastern border.

### Cities, towns, villages

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* Flat Rock (east quarter)

### Unincorporated towns

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* Crawfordsville
* Heathsville
* Morea
* Oil Grove

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

### Cemeteries

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The township contains these twenty-three cemeteries: Allen, Baker, Bartmess, Bennett, Dickerson, Ferrell, Ford, Fuller, Ganies, Green, Green Hill, Hale, Higgins, Johnson, Lackey, Maddox, Morea, Norton, Pleasant View, Seaney, Shaw, Tobey and Wesley Chapel.

### Major highways

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* Illinois Route 33

## Demographics

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As of the 2020 census[2] there were 671 people, 376 households, and 154 families residing in the township. The population density was 12.31 inhabitants per square mile (4.75/km2). There were 289 housing units at an average density of 5.30 per square mile (2.05/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 96.13% White, 0.60% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.15% from other races, and 3.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.04% of the population.

There were 376 households, out of which 12.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 28.72% were married couples living together, 7.18% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 59.04% were non-families. 59.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 40.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.64 and the average family size was 2.46.

The township's age distribution consisted of 13.9% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 11.1% from 25 to 44, 31% from 45 to 64, and 38.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 59.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $58,429, and the median income for a family was $68,500. Males had a median income of $42,045 versus $17,500 for females. The per capita income for the township was $35,160. About 3.9% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 23.4% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1930| 1,461| | —
1940| 1,337| | −8.5%
1950| 1,134| | −15.2%
1960| 1,174| | 3.5%
1970| 758| | −35.4%
1980| 791| | 4.4%
1990| 676| | −14.5%
2000| 736| | 8.9%
2010| 672| | −8.7%
2020| 671| | −0.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

## School districts

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* Lawrence County Community Unit District 20
* Palestine Community Unit School District 3
* Robinson Community Unit School District 2

## Political districts

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* Illinois's 15th congressional district
* State House District 109
* State Senate District 55

## References

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* "Montgomery Township, Crawford County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
* United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
* United States National Atlas

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Montgomery Township, Crawford County, Illinois
2. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
3. ^ "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

## External links

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* City-Data.com
* Illinois State Archives

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Places adjacent to Montgomery Township, Crawford County, Illinois

|  | Lamotte Township | Gill Township, Sullivan County, Indiana

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Honey Creek Township |

Montgomery Township

| Haddon Township, Sullivan County, Indiana
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Bond Township, Lawrence County | Russell Township, Lawrence County | Busseron Township, Knox County, Indiana

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Municipalities and communities of Crawford County, Illinois, United States

County seat: Robinson

City|

* Robinson

Map of Illinois highlighting Crawford County

Villages|

* Flat Rock
* Hutsonville
* Oblong
* Palestine
* Stoy

Townships|

* Honey Creek
* Hutsonville
* Lamotte
* Licking
* Martin
* Montgomery
* Oblong
* Prairie
* Robinson
* Southwest

CDPs|

* Annapolis
* West York

Other
unincorporated
communities|

* Bellair
* Dogwood
* Duncanville
* Gordon
* Green Brier
* Hardinville
* Heathsville
* Kibbie
* Landes
* Morea
* New Hebron
* Oil Center
* Oil Grove
* Pierceburg
* Port Jackson
* Porterville
* Richwoods
* Riddleville‡
* Trimble
* Villas

Ghost town|

* Crawfordsville

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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