Lyndon Township, Illinois
| Lyndon Township | |||
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Location in Illinois
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Whiteside County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 44 ′ N , 89 ° 55 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,057 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 15 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 73.03 km 2 (approx. 28 mi 2 ) of which 70.70 km 2 (approx. 27 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 190 m | ||
| Postal code : | 61261 | ||
| Area code : | +1 815 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-45291 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 429294 | ||
 Location of Lyndon Township in Whiteside County |
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The Lyndon Township is one of 22 townships in Whiteside County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 Lyndon Township had 1,057 residents.
geography
Lyndon Township is located in northwest Illinois, on the north bank of the Rock River . The Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa , is around 30 km to the west. The Wisconsin border is 95 km north.
The Lyndon Township lies at 41 ° 43'44 "north latitude and 89 ° 54'55" west longitude and extends over 73.03 km², which is spread over 70.7 km² of land and 2.33 km² of water.
Lyndon Township is located in the center of Whiteside County and is bordered to the north by Mount Pleasant Township , to the northeast by Hopkins Township , to the east by Hume Township , to the south by Prophetstown Township , to the west by Fenton Township and to the northwest the Union Grove Township .
traffic
Interstate 88 , which connects Chicago with the Quad Cities, runs along the Rock River . Illinois State Route 78 runs through the west of Lyndon Township in a north-south direction . All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads. Until it was closed to all traffic in 1980, there was a direct connection from Lyndon to the opposite bank of the Rock River via the Lyndon Bridge . Today that traffic is on State Route 78.
The Whiteside County Airport is a small airfield around 20 km east of Lyndon Township. The nearest major airports are Chicago Rockford International Airport, around 100 km northeast, and Quad City International Airport, around 65 km southwest .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Lyndon Township had 1,057 people in 420 households. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 420 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.
23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.4 percent were 65 years or older. 48.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 49,492 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,529. 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
places
In addition to scattered settlements exist in Lyndon Township with Lyndon a separate municipality (with the status " Village ").
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 10, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 10, 2012
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 03000353 Retrieved July 10, 2012