Kilbourne Township, Mason County, Illinois

Kilbourne Township
Township
Location of Illinois in the United States
Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 40°10′00″N 90°00′01″W / 40.16667°N 90.00028°W / 40.16667; -90.00028
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyMason
Settled1831
Organized1873
Area
 • Total
40.36 sq mi (104.5 km2)
 • Land40.1 sq mi (104 km2)
 • Water0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2)
Elevation
495 ft (151 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Estimate 
(2016)[1]
469
 • Density12.6/sq mi (4.9/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code17-125-39870

Kilbourne Township is located in Mason County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 504 and it contained 245 housing units.[2]

History

The land making up Kilbourne Township was first settled in 1831.[3] The township was organized in 1873, around the time the Springfield and Northwestern Railroad was built.[3] It was assembled half from Crane Creek Township and half from Bath Township.[3] The resulting township corresponds largely to survey township 20 North, Range 8 West of the third principal meridian, but also includes some additional area to the southwest along the Sangamon River.[3] The township draws its name from the village of Kilbourne, which in turn was named for railroad executive Edward Kilbourne.[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 40.36 square miles (104.5 km2), of which 40.1 square miles (104 km2) (or 99.36%) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2) (or 0.64%) is water.[2] This pattern of a very low population density, common across the rural Midwest, is a defining feature of the region's demographic history and presents unique challenges for local governance and service provision.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2016 (est.)469[1]
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved May 28, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Kilbourne Township". The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois. O.L. Baskin & Company. 1879. p. 614.
  4. ↑ Callary, Edmund (2010). "Kilbourne". Place Names of Illinois. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 186. ISBN 9780252090707.
  5. ↑ Seale, Doug (June 6, 2010). "Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kafalas, Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America". Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 24 (5): 535–543. doi:10.1007/s10806-010-9266-2. ISSN 1187-7863.
  6. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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