Lynn Township, Henry County, Illinois

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Lynn Township has a total area of 36.30 sqmi, of which 36.27 sqmi (or 99.90%) is land and 0.04 sqmi (or 0.10%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

• Lynn Center at
• Ophiem at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

• Western Township (north)
• Osco Township (northeast)
• Andover Township (east)
• Clover Township (southeast)
• Oxford Township (south)
• Rivoli Township, Mercer County (southwest)
• Richland Grove Township, Mercer County (west)
• Rural Township, Rock Island County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Lynn Center and Swedona.

Major highways

• [[Image:I-74.svg|25px]] Interstate 74
• [[Image:US 150.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 150
• [[Image:Illinois 81.svg|25px]] Illinois Route 81

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 763 people, 310 households, and 256 families residing in the township. The population density was 21.02 PD/sqmi. There were 311 housing units at an average density of 8.57 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 93.32% White, 0.26% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other races, and 5.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.80% of the population.

There were 310 households, out of which 40.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.81% were married couples living together, 12.90% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 17.42% were non-families. 13.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 2.95.

The township's age distribution consisted of 25.5% under the age of 18, 2.9% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $77,300, and the median income for a family was $76,200. Males had a median income of $51,576 versus $52,368 for females. The per capita income for the township was $33,558. About 9.8% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.8% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

• Alwood Community Unit School District 225
• Orion Community Unit School District 223

Political districts

• Illinois's 17th congressional district
• State House District 71
• State Senate District 36

References

• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

References

1. "Explore Census Data".
2. US Census Bureau. "Gazetteer Files".
3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.