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Lagrange Township is one of nine townships in Bond County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,103 and it contained 512 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,169 to 1,103 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1990.

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

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