Colona Township, Henry County, Illinois

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Colona Township, Henry County, Illinois - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 41°27′13″N 90°22′06″W / 41.45361°N 90.36833°W

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Colona Township
Township
Location in Henry County
Henry County's location in Illinois
Coordinates: 41°27′13″N 90°22′06″W / 41.45361°N 90.36833°W / 41.45361; -90.36833
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Henry
Established	November 4, 1856
Government
• Supervisor	Joe Swan
Area
• Total	29.83 sq mi (77.3 km²)
• Land	28.92 sq mi (74.9 km²)
• Water	0.91 sq mi (2.4 km²) 3.05%
Elevation	636 ft (194 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	6,706
• Density	220/sq mi (87/km²)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	61240, 61241, 61254
FIPS code	17-073-15677

Colona Township is one of twenty-four townships in Henry County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,706 and it contained 2,899 housing units.^[1] Colona Township changed its name from Green River Township on April 13, 1857.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Colona Township has a total area of 29.83 square miles (77.26 km²), of which 28.92 square miles (74.90 km²) (or 96.95%) is land and 0.91 square miles (2.36 km²) (or 3.05%) is water.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages

Cleveland (partial)
Coal Valley (partial)
Colona

Unincorporated towns

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

Hampton Township, Rock Island County (north)
Hanna Township (northeast)
Edford Township (east)
Osco Township (southeast)
Western Township (south)
Rural Township, Rock Island County (southwest)
Coal Valley Township, Rock Island County (west)
South Moline Township, Rock Island County (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Colona, Dayton and Glenwood.

Major highways

Demographics

As of the 2020 census^[1] there were 6,706 people, 2,776 households, and 1,907 families residing in the township. The population density was 224.84 inhabitants per square mile (86.81/km²). There were 2,899 housing units at an average density of 97.20 per square mile (37.53/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 89.49% White, 0.89% African American, 0.43% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.80% from other races, and 7.07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.92% of the population.

There were 2,776 households, out of which 32.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.54% were married couples living together, 8.97% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 31.30% were non-families. 27.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.01.

The township's age distribution consisted of 19.7% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 21.9% from 25 to 44, 33.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $69,754, and the median income for a family was $80,514. Males had a median income of $52,563 versus $28,929 for females. The per capita income for the township was $36,830. About 4.1% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 1.3% of those age 65 or over.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2000	6,672	—
2010	6,822	2.2%
2020	6,706	−1.7%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

School districts

Geneseo Community Unit School District 228
Orion Community Unit School District 223

Political districts

Illinois's 17th congressional district
State House District 71
State Senate District 36

References

"Colona Township, Henry County, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas

^ ^a ^b "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
^ US Census Bureau. "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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Places adjacent to Colona Township, Henry County, Illinois

Hampton Township, Rock Island County

Hanna Township

Coal Valley Township, Rock Island County
South Moline Township, Rock Island County

Colona Township

Edford Township

Rural Township, Rock Island County

Western Township

Osco Township

v t e Municipalities and communities of Henry County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Cambridge
Cities	Colona Galva Geneseo Kewanee	Map of Illinois highlighting Henry County
Towns	Annawan Atkinson
Villages	Alpha Andover Bishop Hill Cambridge Cleveland Coal Valley‡ Hooppole Orion Woodhull
Townships	Alba Andover Annawan Atkinson Burns Cambridge Clover Colona Cornwall Edford Galva Geneseo Hanna Kewanee Loraine Lynn Munson Osco Oxford Phenix Weller Western Wethersfield Yorktown
CDPs	Lynn Center Nekoma Opheim Osco
Other communities	Dayton Green River
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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