14-1679: Greene Township may refer to: Illinois [ edit ] Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois Greene Township, Woodford County, Illinois Indiana [ edit ] Greene Township, Jay County, Indiana Greene Township, Parke County, Indiana Greene Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana Iowa [ edit ] Greene Township, Iowa County, Iowa Kansas [ edit ] Greene Township, Sumner County, Kansas , in Sumner County, Kansas Missouri [ edit ] Greene Township, Worth County, Missouri North Carolina [ edit ] Greene Township, Guilford County, North Carolina , in Guilford County, North Carolina North Dakota [ edit ] Greene Township, Ransom County, North Dakota , in Ransom County, North Dakota Ohio [ edit ] Greene Township, Trumbull County, Ohio Pennsylvania [ edit ] Greene Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania Greene Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania Greene Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Greene Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania Greene Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Greene Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania See also [ edit ] Green Township (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
28-705: A low of 11 °F (−12 °C) in January to a high of 84 °F (29 °C) in July, although a record low of −30 °F (−34 °C) was recorded in February 1905 and a record high of 113 °F (45 °C) was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.27 inches (32 mm) in January to 4.43 inches (113 mm) in June. As of the 2010 United States Census , there were 16,434 people, 6,734 households, and 4,724 families residing in
42-708: A population of 15,699. Its county seat is Aledo . Mercer County is included in the Davenport - Moline - Rock Island , IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area . Mercer County is named for Hugh Mercer (1726–1777), a physician and general during the American Revolution who died from wounds suffered at the Battle of Princeton . In May 1812, Congress passed an act which set aside lands in Arkansas , Michigan , and Illinois as payment to volunteer soldiers in
56-516: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois Greene Township is located in Mercer County , Illinois . As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,640 and it contained 692 housing units. According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.74 square miles (95.2 km ), of which 36.72 square miles (95.1 km ) (or 99.95%)
70-467: Is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km ) (or 0.05%) is water. 41°12′09″N 90°36′40″W / 41.20250°N 90.61111°W / 41.20250; -90.61111 This Mercer County, Illinois location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mercer County, Illinois Mercer County is a county in Illinois . According to the 2020 census , it had
84-520: The War of 1812 . Mercer County was part of this "Military Tract." Seven years after Illinois became a state, Mercer County was founded. It was formed from unorganized territory near Pike County on January 13, 1825. Although the county had been created, its government was not organized for several years; for administration purposes it was attached first to Schuyler County (until 1826), then to Peoria (until 1831), and finally to Warren County. The organization of
98-409: The 6,734 households, 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 29.8% were non-families, and 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.88. The median age was 43.7 years. The median income for a household in
112-477: The county government was finally completed in 1835, after a large influx of settlers following the Black Hawk War . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 569 square miles (1,470 km ), of which 561 square miles (1,450 km ) is land and 7.5 square miles (19 km ) (1.3%) is water. In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Aledo have ranged from
126-477: The county over conservative incumbent President William Howard Taft . After Johnson’s victory in the county, Mercer voted to being Republican between 1968 and 1984, but Reagan ’s landslide in that election saw a swing to the Democrats that was capitalized upon by Michael Dukakis to carry the county in 1988. Between then and 2012, Mercer was solidly Democratic, but concern over declining economic opportunities in
140-422: The county was $ 50,909 and the median income for a family was $ 62,025. Males had a median income of $ 46,136 versus $ 30,392 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 25,332. About 8.2% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over. Mercer County is divided into fifteen townships : Historically, Mercer County
154-550: The county. The population density was 29.3 inhabitants per square mile (11.3/km ). There were 7,358 housing units at an average density of 13.1 per square mile (5.1/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 98.3% white, 0.3% black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% American Indian, 0.3% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.9% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 25.9% were German , 18.2% were Irish , 11.3% were English , 9.4% were Swedish , and 7.4% were American . Of
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182-462: The “ Rust Belt ” caused a dramatic swing to populist Republican Donald Trump in 2016. Trump’s performance was the best by a Republican since Richard Nixon's 3,000-plus-county landslide in 1972. Mercer County is located in Illinois's 17th Congressional District and is currently represented by Democrat Cheri Bustos . Within the Illinois House of Representatives , the county is located in
196-626: Was a solidly Republican Yankee-influenced county, and before the Republican Party existed a stronghold of the Whig Party . The county never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate until Lyndon Johnson ’s 1964 landslide over Barry Goldwater – the solitary break in Whig and Republican dominance occurring in 1912 when the GOP was mortally split and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt carried
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