Kerton Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Kerton Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 79 and it contained 68 housing units.

Geography
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Kerton Township has a total area of 26.95 sqmi, of which 24.30 sqmi (or 90.19%) is land and 2.64 sqmi (or 9.81%) is water.

Unincorporated towns
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
 * Enion
 * Marbletown
 * West Point
 * Seahorn
 * Hickory
 * West Matanza
 * Kerton Valley
 * Cluny

Cemeteries
The township contains Hickory Cemetery.

Major highways

 * [[Image:Illinois 100.svg|25px]] Illinois Route 100

Lakes

 * Anderson Lake

Demographics
As of the 2020 census there were 79 people, 44 households, and 0 families residing in the township. The population density was 2.93 PD/sqmi. There were 68 housing units at an average density of 2.52 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 98.73% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 1.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.00% of the population.

There were 44 households, out of which none had children under the age of 18 living with them, none were married couples living together, none had a female householder with no spouse present, and 100.00% were non-families. 75.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.18.

The township's age distribution consisted of 0.0% under the age of 18, 15.4% from 18 to 24, 52% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 550.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $75,625. The per capita income for the township was $65,963. About 32.7% of the population was below the poverty line.

School districts

 * Lewistown School District 97

Political districts

 * Illinois' 17th congressional district
 * State House District 94
 * State Senate District 47