Grand Tower
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Location in Illinois
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Jackson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 38 ′ N , 89 ° 30 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 605 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 201.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 110 m | ||
| Postal code : | 62942 | ||
| Area code : | +1 618 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-30770 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 409268 | ||
Grand Tower is a small town (with the status " City ") in Jackson County in the southwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 , Grand Tower had 605 residents.
geography
The city of Grand Tower, the center of the Grand Tower Township , is located at 37 ° 38 ′ N , 89 ° 30 ′ W and extends over 3 km². The place on the east bank of the Mississippi that forms the border with Missouri . The mouth of the Ohio at the intersection of the states of Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky is 92.1 km south.
The name of the city refers to the rock formation called Tower Rock in the middle of the Mississippi. The rock is in the area of Perry County , Missouri, across from the city .
Neighboring locations to Grand Tower are Gorham (8 miles north) and Wolf Lake (9 miles south). Wittenberg in Missouri is on the opposite bank of the Mississippi , but there is no direct connection to it.
The closest major cities are St. Louis , Missouri (151 km northwest), Louisville , Kentucky (391 km east), Tennessee's capital Nashville (341 km southeast) and Tennessee's largest city, Memphis (325 km southwest).
traffic
Along the Mississippi herein the Illinois portion extending Great River Road forming Illinois State Route 3 . All other roads are inner-city connecting roads.
With the Southern Illinois Airport is 37 km northeast of Grand Tower a regional airport. The nearest major airport is Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport (184 km northwest).
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census, the Grand Tower was home to 605 people in 244 households. The population density was 201.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.48 people lived in each of the 244 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.2 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 29,667 USD . The per capita income was $ 11,548. 31.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 8, 2012
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 70000344.Retrieved August 8, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed August 8, 2012