Kingston Township, DeKalb County, Illinois

Kingston Township
Kingston Township
Township
	Location in DeKalb County
	DeKalb County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 42°06′41″N88°45′55″W / 42.11139°N 88.76528°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	DeKalb
Established	November 6, 1849
Area
• Total	36.10 sq mi (93.5 km2)
• Land	35.74 sq mi (92.6 km2)
• Water	0.36 sq mi (0.9 km2) 0.99%
Elevation	794 ft (242 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	3,492
• Density	97/sq mi (37/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	60135, 60145
FIPS code	17-037-40078

Last updated July 27, 2023

Kingston Township is one of nineteen townships in DeKalb County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,492 and it contained 1,315 housing units.^[2]

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Kingston Township has a total area of 36.10 square miles (93.50 km²), of which 35.74 square miles (92.57 km²) (or 99.01%) is land and 0.36 square miles (0.93 km²) (or 0.99%) is water.^[3]

Cities, towns, villages

Genoa (partial)
Kingston
Kirkland (partial)

Unincorporated towns

Colvin Park at 42°08′17″N88°47′00″W / 42.138080°N 88.783428°W / 42.138080; -88.783428

Cemeteries

Kingston
Lanan
North Kingston
Vanderburgh

Demographics

As of the 2020 census ^[2] there were 3,492 people, 1,191 households, and 873 families residing in the township. The population density was 96.74 inhabitants per square mile (37.35/km²). There were 1,315 housing units at an average density of 36.43 per square mile (14.07/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 85.42% White, 0.83% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 3.69% from other races, and 9.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.14% of the population.

There were 1,191 households, out of which 33.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.69% were married couples living together, 8.73% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 26.70% were non-families. 22.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.25.

The township's age distribution consisted of 22.9% under the age of 18, 13.3% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $88,875, and the median income for a family was $97,321. Males had a median income of $56,710 versus $32,708 for females. The per capita income for the township was $37,635. About 6.5% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.9% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1930	868	—
1940	872	0.5%
1950	993	13.9%
1960	1,186	19.4%
1970	1,347	13.6%
1980	1,809	34.3%
1990	1,955	8.1%
2000	2,573	31.6%
2010	3,519	36.8%
2020	3,492	−0.8%
US Decennial Census^[4]

School districts

Belvidere Community Unit School District 100
Genoa-Kingston Community Unit School District 424
Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426

Political districts

Illinois's 16th congressional district
State House District 69
State Senate District 35

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References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kingston Township, DeKalb County, Illinois
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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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kingston Township, DeKalb County, Illinois

[:0-2] 1 2 "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.

[gaz2021-3] Bureau, US Census. "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.

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

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v t e Municipalities and communities of DeKalb County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Sycamore
Cities	DeKalb Genoa Sandwich‡ Sycamore	Map of Illinois highlighting DeKalb County
Town	Cortland
Villages	Hinckley Kingston Kirkland Lee‡ Malta Maple Park‡ Shabbona Somonauk‡ Waterman
Townships	Afton Clinton Cortland DeKalb Franklin Genoa Kingston Malta Mayfield Milan Paw Paw Pierce Sandwich Shabbona Somonauk South Grove Squaw Grove Sycamore Victor
Unincorporated communities	Afton Center Charter Grove Clare Colvin Park East Paw Paw‡ Elva Esmond Fairdale Five Points Franks McGirr New Lebanon Rollo Shabbona Grove Wilkinson
Ghost towns	Brush Point Coltonville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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