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from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Bond Township is located in Lawrence County, Illinois. Largely rural, it includes only the hamlets of Birds and Pinkstaff. As of the 2020 census, its population was 560 and it contained 278 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 685 to 560 (-18%). Half of its homes were built before 1942.

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Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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