Eastern Township, Franklin County, Illinois

Eastern Township
Eastern Township
Township
	Location in Franklin County
	Franklin County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 37°59′47″N88°45′40″W / 37.99639°N 88.76111°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Franklin
Established	November 4, 1884
Area
• Total	36.23 sq mi (93.8 km2)
• Land	36.14 sq mi (93.6 km2)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.2 km2) 0.25%
Elevation	453 ft (138 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	589
• Density	16/sq mi (6.3/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	62812, 62860, 62890
FIPS code	17-055-21735

Last updated December 30, 2024

Eastern Township is one of twelve townships in Franklin County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 589 and it contained 270 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Eastern Township has a total area of 36.23 square miles (93.84 km²), of which 36.14 square miles (93.60 km²) (or 99.75%) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km²) (or 0.25%) is water.^[2]

Unincorporated towns

Akin
Akin Junction
Bessie
Boothby

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Brady, Cook, Jones, Manion and Otterson.

Major highways

Illinois Route 34

Demographics

As of the 2020 census ^[1] there were 589 people, 237 households, and 186 families residing in the township. The population density was 16.26 inhabitants per square mile (6.28/km²). There were 270 housing units at an average density of 7.45 per square mile (2.88/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 95.76% White, 0.34% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.51% from other races, and 3.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.02% of the population.

There were 237 households, out of which 37.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.78% were married couples living together, 7.17% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 21.52% were non-families. 17.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.92.

The township's age distribution consisted of 26.8% under the age of 18, 2.6% from 18 to 24, 37.9% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 115.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 118.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $43,854, and the median income for a family was $59,375. Males had a median income of $53,750 versus $34,444 for females. The per capita income for the township was $24,496. About 18.3% of families and 15.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2000	528	—
2010	582	10.2%
2020	589	1.2%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10

Political representation

Illinois's 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.
↑ "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 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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