Browning Township, Franklin County, Illinois

Browning Township
Browning Township
Township
	Location in Franklin County
	Franklin County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 37°59′25″N88°58′58″W / 37.99028°N 88.98278°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Franklin
Established	November 4, 1884
Area
• Total	36.48 sq mi (94.5 km2)
• Land	35.79 sq mi (92.7 km2)
• Water	0.69 sq mi (1.8 km2) 1.90%
Elevation	381 ft (116 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	2,436
• Density	67/sq mi (26/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	62812, 62819, 62822, 62865, 62884, 62891
FIPS code	17-055-08940

Last updated July 25, 2024

Browning Township is one of twelve townships in Franklin County, Illinois, USA. At the 2020 census, its population was 2,436 and it contained 1,161 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Browning Township has a total area of 36.48 square miles (94.48 km²), of which 35.79 square miles (92.70 km²) (or 98.10%) is land and 0.69 square miles (1.79 km²) (or 1.90%) is water.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Benton (west quarter)
Buckner
Christopher (east edge)
Valier (east quarter)
West City

Unincorporated towns

Extinct towns

Hickory Corners

Cemeteries

The township contains eleven cemeteries. These are Browning, Grammer, Harrison, Hickory Corners, Knight, Moser, Mount Pleasant, Saint Joseph, Saint Marys, Smith and Wayman.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

Benton Municipal Airport

Landmarks

Benton City Park

Demographics

As of the 2020 census ^[1] there were 2,436 people, 891 households, and 562 families residing in the township. The population density was 66.77 inhabitants per square mile (25.78/km²). There were 1,161 housing units at an average density of 31.82 per square mile (12.29/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 91.71% White, 0.49% African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.70% from other races, and 6.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.89% of the population.

There were 891 households, out of which 31.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.28% were married couples living together, 11.22% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 36.92% were non-families. 32.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.03.

The township's age distribution consisted of 26.5% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $46,528, and the median income for a family was $61,625. Males had a median income of $43,871 versus $21,466 for females. The per capita income for the township was $22,970. About 14.1% of families and 19.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.7% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2000	2,385	—
2010	2,450	2.7%
2020	2,436	−0.6%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

Christopher Community Unit School District 99
Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196

Political districts

Illinois' 12th congressional district
State House District 117
State Senate District 59

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References

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 Franklin County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Benton
Cities	Benton Christopher Orient Sesser West Frankfort Zeigler	Map of Illinois highlighting Franklin County
Villages	Buckner Ewing Freeman Spur‡ Hanaford Macedonia‡ North City Royalton Thompsonville Valier West City
Townships	Barren Benton Browning Cave Denning Eastern Ewing Frankfort Goode Northern Six Mile Tyrone
CDP	Mulkeytown
Other unincorporated communities	Akin Akin Junction Cleburne Deering City Frisco Kegley Meyer Parrish Pershing Plumfield Rend City Steel City Valier Patch West End‡ Whittington
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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