Lewis and Clark Township

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Lewis and Clark Township
Lewis and Clark Township, Missouri
Lewis and Clark Township
Lewis and Clark Township
Location in Missouri
Basic data
State : United States
State : Missouri
County : St. Louis County
Coordinates : 38 ° 48 ′  N , 90 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 48 ′  N , 90 ° 21 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 37,217 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,383.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 30 km 2  (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of
which 26.9 km 2  (approx. 10 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 161 m
Postcodes : 63031-63034, 63042,
Area code : +1 314
FIPS : 29-41825
GNIS ID : 767348
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Location of the Lewis and Clark Township in St. Louis County

The Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark Township had 37,217 residents.

geography

The Lewis and Clark Township is located in the northern suburbs of St. Louis on the right bank of the Missouri River . The Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois , is a few kilometers north.

The Lewis and Clark Township is located at 38 ° 48'29 "north latitude and 90 ° 20'40" west longitude and extends over 30 km², which is spread over 26.9 km² of land and 3.1 km² of water.

The Lewis and Clark Township is located in the far north of St. Louis County and is bordered to the north and northwest by the Missouri on the St. Charles County . Within St. Louis County, the Lewis and Clark Township is bordered by the Spanish Lake Township in the east, the Florissant Township in the southeast, and the Northwest Township in the south and southwest .

traffic

In the extreme south of Lewis and Clark Township, Interstate 270 , which serves as the northern bypass of the St. Louis metropolitan area, crosses US Highway 67 . All other roads are county roads or subordinate inner-city connecting roads.

The Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is 7 km south of the township.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Lewis and Clark Township had 37,217 people in 13,888 households. The population density was 1,383.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.65 people lived in each of the 13,888 households.

The racial the population was composed of 61.7 percent white, 33.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.5 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.3 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 56,843  USD . The per capita income was $ 25,072. 3.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

places

In addition to scattered settlements, most of the population of the Lewis and Clark Township lives in the following localities (with the status " City "):

Both cities each extend over the area of ​​several townships.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 21, 2012
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 21, 2012

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