Cass Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Cass Township
Cass Township
Township
	Location in Fulton County
	Fulton County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 40°29′41″N90°16′54″W / 40.49472°N 90.28167°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Fulton
Established	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	39.55 sq mi (102.4 km2)
• Land	39.40 sq mi (102.0 km2)
• Water	0.15 sq mi (0.4 km2) 0.37%
Elevation	630 ft (192 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	561
• Density	14/sq mi (5.5/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	61427, 61477, 61542
FIPS code	17-057-11696

Last updated December 30, 2024

Cass Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 561 and it contained 253 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Cass Township has a total area of 39.55 square miles (102.43 km²), of which 39.40 square miles (102.05 km²) (or 99.63%) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.39 km²) (or 0.37%) is water.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Smithfield

Unincorporated towns

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

Totten Prairie
Gobbler's Knob
Travis was an old town site near Poverty Ridge which was near seville and the old fuller mill. It is said that the foundation of the mill can still be found. Travis did not become nothing but an old forgotten town site which never organized.

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Baughman, Buckeye, Fuller, Henderson, Howard and Sinnett Chapel.

Major highways

Illinois Route 95

Demographics

As of the 2020 census ^[1] there were 561 people, 227 households, and 154 families residing in the township. The population density was 14.19 inhabitants per square mile (5.48/km²). There were 253 housing units at an average density of 6.40 per square mile (2.47/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 95.37% White, 0.00% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.71% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.53% from other races, and 3.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.25% of the population.

There were 227 households, out of which 30.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.39% were married couples living together, 7.93% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 32.16% were non-families. 30.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.82.

The township's age distribution consisted of 21.9% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 13.2% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 28.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 126.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $55,313, and the median income for a family was $63,750. Males had a median income of $36,875 versus $31,250 for females. The per capita income for the township was $25,437. About 5.2% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.0% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2000	737	—
2010	622	−15.6%
2020	561	−9.8%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

Community Unit School District 3 Fulton City

Political districts

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

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References

1 2 "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
↑ "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. 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] "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. 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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