Salt River Township (Audrain County, Missouri)
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Location in Missouri
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Missouri | ||
| County : | Audrain County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 11 ′ N , 91 ° 54 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 9,497 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 33 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 289.21 km 2 (approx. 112 mi 2 ) of which 288.07 km 2 (approx. 111 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 242 m | ||
| Postal code : | 65265 | ||
| Area code : | +1 573 | ||
| FIPS : | 29-65558 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 766246 | ||
 Location of the Salt River Township in Audrain County |
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The Salt River Township is one of eight townships in Audrain County in the northeastern part of the US state of Missouri . In 2010 the Salt River Township had 9,497 residents.
geography
The Salt River Township is around 70 km north of the Missouri River and around 90 km west of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois .
The Salt River Township is located at 39 ° 11 ' N , 91 ° 54' W and extends over 289.21 km², which is spread over 288.07 km² of land and 1.14 km² of water.
The Salt River Township is located in the center of Audrain County and stretches from the northern border with Monroe County to the southern border with Callaway County through the entire county. Within Audrain County, the Salt River Township borders the Prairie Township in the northeast, the South Fork Township in the east and Wilson Township in the west .
traffic
US Highway 54 and Missouri State Routes 15 and 22 meet in Salt River Township . All other roads within the township are subordinate and partly unpaved roads.
Through the Salt River Township, the Norfolk Southern Railway runs from St. Louis to Kansas City and the Kansas City Southern runs from Springfield , Illinois to Kansas City.
The Mexico Memorial Airport is a small airfield around 5 km east of the Salt River Township. The nearest major airport is Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, around 160 km east-southeast .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census, the Salt River Township had 9,497 people in 3,920 households. The population density was 33 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in 3,920 households.
The racial the population was composed of 91.1 percent white, 4.9 percent African American , 0.2 percent Native American , 0.4 percent Asian and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.1 percent of the population .
24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 44,221 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,891. 14 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .
Localities
In addition to scattered settlements , the majority of the residents live in the city of Mexico , which extends to a smaller extent into the neighboring South Fork Township to the east.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 12, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 13, 2012