Harmony Township, Hancock County, Illinois

Harmony Township
Harmony Township
Township
	Location in Hancock County
	Hancock County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 40°19′48″N91°04′53″W / 40.33000°N 91.08139°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Hancock
Established	September 12, 1854
Area
• Total	37.58 sq mi (97.3 km2)
• Land	37.58 sq mi (97.3 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) 0.02%
Elevation	666 ft (203 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	288
• Density	7.7/sq mi (3.0/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	62316, 62321, 62367
FIPS code	17-067-32993

Last updated June 26, 2024

Harmony Township is one of twenty-four townships in Hancock County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 288 and it contained 153 housing units.^[1] It was formed from Carthage and Chili townships on September 12, 1854.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Harmony Township has a total area of 37.58 square miles (97.33 km²), of which 37.58 square miles (97.33 km²) (or 99.98%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km²) (or 0.02%) is water.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Bentley

Unincorporated towns

Denver at 40°17′26″N91°06′26″W / 40.290601°N 91.107084°W / 40.290601; -91.107084

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these seven cemeteries: Browning, Denver, Harmony, Immanuel Lutheran, Mount Pleasant, Ramsey and Scott.

Major highways

Illinois Route 94

Airports and landing strips

Mabry Landing Strip
McPherson Airport

Demographics

As of the 2020 census ^[1] there were 288 people, 133 households, and 112 families residing in the township. The population density was 7.66 inhabitants per square mile (2.96/km²). There were 153 housing units at an average density of 4.07 per square mile (1.57/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.22% White, 0.00% African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 2.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.08% of the population.

There were 133 households, out of which 24.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.20% were married couples living together, 6.02% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 15.79% were non-families. 7.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 2.83.

The township's age distribution consisted of 18.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 8.3% from 25 to 44, 36.4% from 45 to 64, and 28.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $69,219. Males had a median income of $39,881 versus $12,200 for females. The per capita income for the township was $45,001. About 8.9% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 0.0% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1990	413	—
2000	352	−14.8%
2010	326	−7.4%
2020	288	−11.7%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

Carthage Elementary School District #317
Illini West High School District #307

Political districts

Illinois's 18th congressional district
State House District 94
State Senate District 47

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References

United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
"Harmony Township". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved September 20, 2009.
United States National Atlas

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 Hancock County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Carthage
Cities	Carthage Dallas City‡ Hamilton La Harpe Nauvoo Warsaw	Map of Illinois highlighting Hancock County
Town	Bentley
Villages	Augusta Basco Bowen Elvaston Ferris Plymouth‡ Pontoosuc West Point
Townships	Appanoose Augusta Bear Creek Carthage Chili Dallas City Durham Fountain Green Hancock Harmony La Harpe Montebello Nauvoo Pilot Grove Pontoosuc Prairie Rock Creek Rocky Run-Wilcox Sonora St. Albans St. Mary's Walker Warsaw Wythe
CDP	Niota
Other communities	Adrian Breckenridge Burnside Chili Colusa Denver Disco Durham Elderville Fountain Green Joetta La Crosse McCall Middle Creek Old Niota Powellton St. Mary Stillwell Sutter Tioga Webster
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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