Paris Township, Edgar County, Illinois

Paris Township
Paris Township
Township
	Location in Edgar County
	Edgar County's location in Illinois
	Coordinates: 39°37′50″N87°42′34″W / 39.63056°N 87.70944°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Edgar
Established	November 4, 1856
Area
• Total	45.38 sq mi (117.5 km2)
• Land	45.00 sq mi (116.5 km2)
• Water	0.39 sq mi (1.0 km2) 0.85%
Elevation	689 ft (210 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	9,210
• Density	200/sq mi (78/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	61944
FIPS code	17-045-57641

Last updated September 09, 2023

Paris Township is one of fifteen townships in Edgar County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,210 and it contained 4,629 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Paris Township has a total area of 45.38 square miles (117.53 km²), of which 45.00 square miles (116.55 km²) (or 99.15%) is land and 0.39 square miles (1.01 km²) (or 0.85%) is water.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Paris (vast majority)

Extinct towns

Harris

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Conkey, Edgar, Paris Memorial Gardens, Redmon and Saint Marys.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

Paris Community Hospital Heliport
Stewart Airport

Demographics

As of the 2020 census ^[1] there were 9,210 people, 4,392 households, and 2,760 families residing in the township. The population density was 202.94 inhabitants per square mile (78.36/km²). There were 4,629 housing units at an average density of 102.00 per square mile (39.38/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 95.35% White, 0.50% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.73% from other races, and 2.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.69% of the population.

There were 4,392 households, out of which 27.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.69% were married couples living together, 13.64% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 37.16% were non-families. 32.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.05 and the average family size was 2.51.

The township's age distribution consisted of 18.9% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $43,233, and the median income for a family was $53,382. Males had a median income of $40,618 versus $25,543 for females. The per capita income for the township was $25,455. About 11.3% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.1% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	9,865	—
2020	9,210	−6.6%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

Education

Paris Township contains six schools: Carolyn Wenz Elementary School Crestwood School Mayo Middle School Memorial Elementary School, Paris Cooperative High School

Public School districts

Paris Community Unit School District 4 Paris Crestwood Unit 4
Paris-Union School District 95 Paris District 95

Political districts

Illinois's 15th congressional district
State House District 109
State Senate District 55

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References

"Paris Township, Edgar County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved January 10, 2010.
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
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 Edgar County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Paris
Cities	Chrisman Paris	Map of Illinois highlighting Edgar County
Villages	Brocton Hume Kansas Metcalf Redmon Vermilion
Townships	Brouilletts Creek Buck Edgar Elbridge Embarrass Grandview Hunter Kansas Paris Prairie Ross Shiloh Stratton Symmes Young America
Unincorporated communities	Borton Edgar Isabel Logan Nevins Oliver Patton‡ Raven Scottland Woodyard
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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