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A township of 5,825 people in Peoria County, Illinois
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Conserved land20%399 of 2,018 acres
Trails4.3 mi1.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves868 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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Township in Illinois, United States
5,919Population
3.1 sq miArea

Richwoods Township is located in Peoria County, Illinois. The geographic designation is Township 9 North, Range 8 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,089 and it contained 3,048 housing units. The majority of its area is the village of Peoria Heights, Illinois.

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The public schools Richwoods’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 95% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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DistrictPeoria Heights CUSD 325Schools4

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