Fenton Township, Illinois
| Fenton Township | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Location in Illinois
|
|||
| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Whiteside County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 43 ′ N , 90 ° 2 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 536 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 5.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 91.4 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) of which 90.4 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land |
||
| Height : | 181 m | ||
| Postal code : | 61251 | ||
| Area code : | +1 815 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-25817 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 428999 | ||
 Location of Fenton Township in Whiteside County |
|||
The Fenton Township is one of 22 townships in Whiteside County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 Fenton Township had 536 residents.
geography
Fenton Township is located in northwest Illinois, on the north bank of the Rock River . The Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa , lies around 20 km to the east. The Wisconsin border is 100 km north.
The Fenton Township is 41 ° 42'35 "north latitude and 90 ° 02'13" west longitude and extends over 91.4 km², which is spread over 90.4 km² of land and 1.0 km² of water.
Fenton Township is located in the southwestern center of Whiteside County and is bordered to the north by Union Grove Township , to the northeast by Mount Pleasant Township , to the east by Lyndon Township , to the southeast by Prophetstown Township , to the south by Portland and Erie Township , in the west to the Newton Township and in the northwest to the Garden Plain Township .
traffic
Interstate 88 , which runs from the Quad Cities to Chicago , runs through Fenton Township in a west-east direction . All other roads are county roads or further subordinate and partly unpaved roads.
In Fenton Township, a railway line of the BNSF Railway , which runs from the Quad Cities to this point along the Rock River, curves in a northerly direction.
The nearest major airport is Quad City International Airport, around 60 km southwest of the township .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Fenton Township had 536 people in 217 households. The population density was 5.9 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.47 people lived in each of the 217 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white, 0.2 percent (one person) Native American, 0.4 percent (two people) Asian and 1.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 47.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 66,771 USD . The per capita income was $ 34,379. 3.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
places
In addition to scattered settlements Township in Fenton exists with Fenton a ( unincorporated ) settlement.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 4, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 4, 2012