Lee Township, Brown County, Illinois

Lee Township is one of nine townships in Brown County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 246 and it contained 130 housing units.

Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.67 sqmi, of which 37.63 sqmi (or 99.89%) is land and 0.04 sqmi (or 0.11%) is water.

Cities

 * Mound Station

Unincorporated towns

 * Buckhorn
 * Fargo
 * Timewell

Cemeteries
The township contains these seven cemeteries: Ausmus, Buckhorn, Cleaves, Fargo, Howe, Lee and Orton.

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 24.svg|25px]] US Route 24

Airports and landing strips

 * Brown County Flyers Association Airport
 * Mayfield Landing Strip
 * Jennings Landing Strip

Demographics
As of the 2020 census there were 246 people, 198 households, and 119 families residing in the township. The population density was 6.53 PD/sqmi. There were 130 housing units at an average density of 3.45 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 94.31% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 5.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.81% of the population.

There were 198 households, out of which 8.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.06% were married couples living together, 1.01% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 39.90% were non-families. 39.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.76 and the average family size was 2.22.

The township's age distribution consisted of 16.6% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 20% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 34.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 122.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 142.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $64,643, and the median income for a family was $77,298. Males had a median income of $36,947 versus $55,388 for females. The per capita income for the township was $36,264. About 5.0% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.5% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

School districts

 * Brown County Community Unit School District 1

Political districts

 * Illinois' 18th congressional district
 * State House District 93
 * State Senate District 47