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Alto

A township of 510 people in Lee County, Illinois
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Conserved land0.4%81 of 22,231 acres
Trails2.8 mi0.1 mi per sq mi
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Township in Illinois, United States
510Population
34.9 sq miArea
830 ftElevation

Alto Township is one of twenty-two townships in Lee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 510 and it contained 224 housing units.

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The public schools Alto’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 57% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

DistrictSteward ESD 220Schools1

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