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About Gardner
Township in Illinois, United StatesGardner Township is located in Sangamon County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,245 and it contained 1,732 housing units. The township contains the unincorporated communities of Bradfordton and Salisbury. The township annexed the western half of Salisbury Township in 1989, thereby taking in the unincorporated village of Salisbury and increasing in size.
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Health in Gardner
Health Grade A−
Healthier than 77% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Illinois
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 20 are too close to call.
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Schools in Gardner
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The public schools Gardner’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 64% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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