Young Hickory Township, Fulton County, Illinois
township in Fulton County, Illinois
Young Hickory Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 548 and it contained 260 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Young Hickory Township has a total area of 24.22 square miles (62.73 km2), all land.
Cities, towns, villages
London Mills (south three-quarters)
Extinct towns
Midway at 40.698650°N 90.243457°W / 40.698650; -90.243457
(These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.)
Cemeteries
The township contains these three cemeteries: Beer, East Midway and West Midway.
Major highways
Illinois Route 116
Demographics
As of the 2020 census there were 548 people, 285 households, and 206 families residing in the township. The population density was 22.63 inhabitants per square mile (8.74/km2). There were 260 housing units at an average density of 10.74 per square mile (4.15/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 96.17% White, 0.55% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 3.10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.28% of the population.
There were 285 households, out of which 29.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.65% were married couples living together, 7.37% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 27.72% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
“Young Hickory Township, Fulton County, Illinois” enters the record as township in Fulton County, Illinois. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Young, Hickory 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 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7999928. Authority coordinates are 40.674, -90.249. 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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