Hire Township, McDonough County, Illinois

Hire Township
Hire Township
	Township
	Location in McDonough County
	McDonough County's location in Illinois
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	McDonough
Established	November 4, 1856
Area
• Total	37.83 sq mi (98.0 km2)
• Land	37.79 sq mi (97.9 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) 0.11%
Population (2010)
• Estimate (2016) [1]	218
• Density	6.1/sq mi (2.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code	17-109-35333

Last updated April 10, 2020

Hire Township is located in McDonough County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 229 and it contained 117 housing units.^[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.83 square miles (98.0 km²), of which 37.79 square miles (97.9 km²) (or 99.89%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) (or 0.11%) is water.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
Est. 2016	218	^[1]
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

History

Hire was formerly known as Rock Creek Township. It was named Hire Township in 1857 after George Hire (1790-1881), who served in the Ohio Militia in the War of 1812, and was an Illinois State Legislator in 1856.

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References

1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.
1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

External links

Coordinates: 40°30′11″N90°50′45″W / 40.50306°N 90.84583°W / 40.50306; -90.84583

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[USCensusEst2016-1] 1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.

[census-2] 1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

[DecennialCensus-3] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

v t e Municipalities and communities of McDonough County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Macomb
Cities	Bushnell Colchester Macomb	Map of Illinois highlighting McDonough County
Villages	Bardolph Blandinsville Good Hope Industry Plymouth‡ Prairie City Sciota Tennessee
Townships	Bethel Blandinsville Bushnell Chalmers Colchester Eldorado Emmet Hire Industry Lamoine Macomb Mound New Salem Prairie City Sciota Scotland Tennessee Walnut
CDPs	Adair Georgetown
Other unincorporated communities	Colmar Doddsville Fandon New Philadelphia Pennington Point Scottsburg Walnut Grove
Ghost towns	Vishnu Springs
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