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Farrington

A township of 599 people in Jefferson County, Illinois
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Township in Illinois, United States
599Population
36.8 sq miArea
472 ftElevation

Farrington Township is one of sixteen townships in Jefferson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 599 and it contained 246 housing units.

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The public schools Farrington’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 55% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

DistrictFarrington CCSD 99Schools1

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