De Soto Township (Illinois)
| De Soto Township | |||
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Location in Illinois
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| Foundation : | 1884 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Jackson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 49 ′ N , 89 ° 14 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,388 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 24.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 98.38 km 2 (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of which 97.22 km 2 (approx. 38 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 123 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 62901, 62924, 62932, 62966 | ||
| Area code : | +1 618 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-19629 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2640400 | ||
 Location of De Soto Township in Jackson County |
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The DeSoto Township is one of 16 townships in Jackson County in the southwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 De Soto Township had 2388 inhabitants.
geography
De Soto Township is located around 35 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Missouri . The mouth of the Ohio at the intersection of the states of Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky is about 100 km south.
The De Soto Township is located at 37 ° 49'02 "north latitude and 89 ° 13'47" west longitude and extends over 98.38 km², which is spread over 97.22 km² of land and 1.16 km² of water. Within the township, the Little Muddy flows into the Big Muddy River , a left tributary of the Mississippi.
The De Soto Township is located in the east of Jackson County and is bordered to the northeast by Franklin and to the east by Williamson County . Within Jackson County, De Soto Township borders on Carbondale Township in the south, Murphysboro Township in the south-west, Somerset Township in the west, Vergennes Township in the north-west and Elk Township in the north .
traffic
In the center of De Soto Township, US Highway 51, which runs in a north-south direction, crosses Illinois State Route 149, which runs from west to east . All other roads are county roads or further subordinate and partly unpaved roads.
Parallel to Highway 51 runs a railway line of the former Illinois Central Railroad , which is now part of the Canadian National Railway . This route is also used by Amtrak . In the middle of the township, the route is crossed by a line of the Union Pacific Railroad .
With the Southern Illinois Airport there is a regional airport on the southwestern edge of De Soto Township. The nearest major airport is Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport (around 170 km northwest).
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , there were 2,388 people in 986 households in De Soto Township. The population density was 24.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.36 people lived in each of the 986 households.
The racial the population was composed of 93.0 percent white, 2.7 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.1 percent of the population.
23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 32,036 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,856. 17.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities
In addition to scattered settlements, the following two settlements exist in De Soto Township:
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 6, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 6, 2012