Knights Prairie Township, Hamilton County, Illinois
township in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States
Knights Prairie Township is one of twelve townships in Hamilton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 545 and it contained 250 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Knight Prairie Township has a total area of 36.39 square miles (94.25 km2), of which 36.30 square miles (94.02 km2) (or 99.75%) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2) (or 0.25%) is water.
Demographics
As of the 2020 census there were 545 people, 181 households, and 115 families residing in the township. The population density was 14.98 inhabitants per square mile (5.78/km2). There were 250 housing units at an average density of 6.87 per square mile (2.65/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 93.03% White, 0.55% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.73% from other races, and 5.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.83% of the population.
There were 181 households, out of which 2.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.04% were married couples living together, 10.50% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 36.46% were non-families. 29.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.83 and the average family size was 2.19.
“Knights Prairie Township, Hamilton County, Illinois” enters the record as township in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Knights, Prairie and Township can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6422418. Authority coordinates are 38.077, -88.658. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2021.
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