Athensville Township, Greene County, Illinois

Athensville Township is one of thirteen townships in Greene County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 292 and it contained 131 housing units.

Geography
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Athensville Township has a total area of 35.71 sqmi, of which 35.70 sqmi (or 99.97%) is land and 0.01 sqmi (or 0.03%) is water.

Unincorporated towns
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
 * Athensville at 39.4556°N, -90.18928°W

Cemeteries
The township contains these 10 cemeteries: Athensville, Barnett Number 1, Ceres, Jackson, Old Hopper Homestead, Reeve-Mayberry, Richwoods, Rhodes, Sheppard and Union Prather.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 67.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 67

Demographics
As of the 2020 census there were 292 people, 95 households, and 55 families residing in the township. The population density was 8.18 PD/sqmi. There were 131 housing units at an average density of 3.67 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 96.58% White, 0.68% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 2.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.03% of the population.

There were 95 households, out of which 13.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.42% were married couples living together, 0.00% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 42.11% were non-families. 35.80% 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 2.31 and the average family size was 3.13.

The township's age distribution consisted of 9.1% under the age of 18, 0.0% from 18 to 24, 18.3% from 25 to 44, 34.2% from 45 to 64, and 38.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 60.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 157.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 172.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $60,078, and the median income for a family was $61,641. Males had a median income of $31,944 versus $31,250 for females. The per capita income for the township was $32,614. None of the population was below the poverty line.

School districts

 * Franklin Community Unit School District 1
 * Greenfield Community Unit School District 10
 * North Greene Unit School District 3

Political districts

 * Illinois' 17th congressional district
 * State House District 97
 * State Senate District 49