Marine Township, Madison County, Illinois

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| established_date = November 2, 1875

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Marine Township is located in Madison County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,243 and it contained 920 housing units.{{cite web

|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17119

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202225/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17119

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2020-02-12

|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1

|publisher=United States Census

|accessdate=2013-05-28

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History

Marine Township was named by the sea captains who settled there.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor01nort | title=Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912 | publisher=The Lewis Publishing Co. | author=Norton, William T. | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor01nort/page/563 563]}}

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|35.55|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|35.29|sqmi}} (or 99.27%) is land and {{convert|0.26|sqmi}} (or 0.73%) is water.

Demographics

{{US Census population

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|estimate=2200

|estref={{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

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