Gravois Township
| Gravois Township | |||
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Location in Missouri
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Missouri | ||
| County : | St. Louis County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 34 ′ N , 90 ° 21 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 34,919 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,332.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 26.2 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 179 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 63123, 63126 | ||
| Area code : | +1 314 | ||
| FIPS : | 29-28792 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 767344 | ||
 Location of Gravois Township in St. Louis County |
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The Gravois Township is one of 28 townships in St. Louis County in the eastern part of the US -amerikanischen state of Missouri and part of the metropolitan region of Greater St. Louis . In 2010 the Gravois Township had 34,919 inhabitants.
geography
The Gravois Township is located in the southwest suburb of St. Louis . The Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois , is about 3 miles to the east.
The Gravois Township is located at 38 ° 34 ' N , 90 ° 21' W and extends over 26.2 km².
Gravois Township is located in southern St. Louis County and borders the city of St. Louis to the northeast. Within St. Louis County, Gravois Township is bordered by Concord Township in the southeast and south , Tesson Ferry Township in the southwest , Bonhomme Township in the west and northwest and Jefferson Township in the north .
traffic
The southwestern edge of Gravois Township is formed by Interstate 270 , the St. Louis bypass. Interstate 44 , which connects St. Louis with Oklahoma City , runs on the northwest edge of the township . US Highways 50 , 61 and 67 run parallel to Interstate 270 on a shared route . Missouri State Route 366 , which runs along the route of the old Route 66, runs through the north of Gravois Township in a west-east direction . The southeastern edge is formed by Missouri State Route 30 . All other streets within the township are inner-city connecting streets.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway runs in north-south direction through the area of Gravois Township.
The Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is located around 25 kilometers north of Gravois Township.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Gravois Township had 34,919 people in 15,449 households. The population density was 1332.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.25 people lived in each of the 15,449 households.
The racial the population was composed of 90.4 percent white, 4.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 2.7 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
20.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 52,912 USD . The per capita income was $ 29,053. 9.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities
The population of Gravois Township lives in the following localities:
1 - mainly in Bonhomme Township , partly in Clayton Township
2 - mainly in Jefferson Township
3 - mainly in Tesson Ferry Township , partly in Bonhomme and Concord Township
4 - to a lesser extent in Jefferson Township
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 15, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed August 15, 2012
- ↑ BNSF System Map (overview of all railways in the USA) ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 4.0 MB) Retrieved August 15, 2012
