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A township of 1,385 people in Wayne County, Illinois
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Township in Illinois, United States
1,330Population
34.5 sq miArea
440 ftElevation

LaMard Township is located in Wayne County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,422 and it contained 647 housing units.

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13worse than IL

of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 19 are too close to call.

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Fairfield Memorial Hospital 1Fairfield · 4.3 mi · ER · rural critical access
Fairfield Community Health CenterFairfield · 4.4 mi · sliding-scale fees
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CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · ZIP codes 62842, 62837 · CMS · HRSAHealth in Lamard →

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School Grade C-

The public schools Lamard’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 77% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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