Mascoutah Township
| Mascoutah Township | |||
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Location in Illinois
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1883 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | St. Clair County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 32 ′ N , 89 ° 46 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 8,217 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 129.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 63.25 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 143 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 62258, 62265 | ||
| Area code : | +1 618 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-47436 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 429336 | ||
 Location of Mascoutah Township in St. Clair County |
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The Mascoutah Township is one of 22 townships in St. Clair County in the west of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 the Mascoutah Township had 8217 inhabitants.
The township is located in the eastern part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan region, called Metro-East , around the city of St. Louis in neighboring Missouri .
geography
The Mascoutah Township is located in the eastern suburbs of St. Louis. The Mississippi , which forms the border with the state of Missouri, lies around 45 km west-northwest.
The Mascoutah Township lies at 38 ° 31'43 "north latitude and 89 ° 45'56" west longitude and extends over 63.25 km².
The Scott Air Force Base , which is about half in the Shiloh Valley Township is located, occupies a large part of one of the northwest of Mascoutah Township.
The Mascoutah Township is located in the far east of St. Clair County and borders on Clinton County to the east . Within St. Clair County, Mascoutah Township is bordered by Engelmann Township in the south, Freeburg Township in the southwest , Shiloh Valley Township in the west, O'Fallon Township in the northwest and Lebanon Township in the north .
traffic
Interstate 64 runs through Mascoutah Township and runs from St. Louis to Louisville , Kentucky . In the township, Illinois State Routes 4 , 161 and 177 meet . All other roads are county roads or subordinate inner-city connecting roads.
Through the Mascoutah Township runs a railway line of the Norfolk Southern Railway , which runs east from St. Louis.
The St. Louis Downtown Airport is around 45 km west, the larger Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is around 60 km northwest of the Mascoutah Township.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Mascoutah Township had 8217 people in 3,096 households. The population density was 129.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.64 people in each of the 3,096 households.
The racial the population was composed of 89.9 percent white, 4.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.3 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.7 percent of the population.
26.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 63,011 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,474. 8.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
places
The population of Mascoutah Township lives in the following places:
1 - partly in Shiloh Valley Township
2 - mostly in Clinton County
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 29, 2012
- ↑ Distance according to Google Maps. Accessed on June 29, 2012