Garden Plain Township (Illinois)
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Location in Illinois
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Whiteside County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 48 ′ N , 90 ° 8 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,072 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 13.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 81.8 km 2 (approx. 32 mi 2 ) of which 79.5 km 2 (approx. 31 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 215 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 61230, 61252 | ||
| Area code : | +1 815 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-28586 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 429040 | ||
 Location of the Garden Plain Township in Whiteside County |
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The Garden Plain Township is one of 22 townships in Whiteside County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 the Garden Plain Township had 1,072 inhabitants.
geography
The Garden Plain Township is located in northwest Illinois on the east bank of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . The Wisconsin border is 100 km north.
The Garden Plain Township is located at 41 ° 47'59 "north latitude and 90 ° 08'16" west longitude and extends over 81.8 km², which is spread over 79.5 km² of land and 2.3 km² of water.
The Garden Plain Township is located to the west of Whiteside County and is bordered to the west by the Mississippi on Clinton County in Iowa. Within Whiteside County, Garden Plain Township is bordered by Fulton Township in the north, Ustick Township in the northeast, Union Grove Township in the east, Fenton Township in the southeast , Newton Township in the south and Albany in the southwest Township .
traffic
US Highway 30 runs through the Garden Plain Township in an east-west direction and crosses the Mississippi from the east over the Gateway Bridge in the direction of Clinton in Iowa to the west. Along the Mississippi River Township performs the Garden Plain herein the Illinois section of the Great River Road forming Illinois Route 84 . All other roads are county roads or further subordinate and partly unpaved roads.
Two railway lines run through the Garden Plain Township, the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad . The Union Pacific crosses the Mississippi to the west via the Clinton Railroad Bridge , which runs parallel to the Gateway Bridge .
The nearest major airport is Quad City International Airport, around 60 km southwest of the township .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , the Garden Plain Township had 1,072 people in 433 households. The population density was 13.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.48 people lived in each of the 433 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.
21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.4 percent were 65 years or older. 46.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 57,331 USD . The per capita income was $ 40,895. 7.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
places
In addition to scattered settlement, the residents of the Garden Plain Township live in the following localities:
- Fulton 1
- Albany 2
1 - mostly in Fulton Township
2 - mostly in Albany Township
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder , accessed July 4, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps , accessed on July 4, 2012