Somerset Township (Illinois)
| Somerset Township | |||
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Location in Illinois
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1884 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Jackson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 49 ′ N , 89 ° 19 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 4,205 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 43.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 97.63 km 2 (approximately 38 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 124 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 62924, 62932, 62966, 62994 | ||
| Area code : | +1 618 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-70408 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 429758 | ||
 Location of Somerset Township in Jackson County |
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The Somerset Township is one of 16 townships in Jackson County in the southwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 Somerset Township had 4205 inhabitants.
geography
Somerset Township is around 30 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Missouri . The mouth of the Ohio at the intersection of the states of Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky is about 100 km south.
The Somerset Township is located at 37 ° 49 ' N , 89 ° 19' W and extends over 97.63 km². The Big Muddy River flows through the southeast of the township .
Somerset Township is located in the north-eastern center of Jackson County and borders on Vergennes Township in the north, Elk Township in the northeast, De Soto Township in the east, Carbondale Township in the south-east, Murphysboro Township in the south-west to the Sand Ridge Township , to the west to the Levan Township and to the northwest to the Ora Township .
traffic
Illinois State Routes 13 , 127, and 149 meet in Somerset Township . All other roads are county roads or further subordinate and partly unpaved roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad line runs through the southeast of the township .
With the Southern Illinois Airport is located about one kilometer southeast of the edge of Somerset Township, a regional airport. The nearest major airport is Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport (around 155 km northwest).
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Somerset Township had 4,205 people in 1,736 households. The population density was 43.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.34 people lived in the 1736 households.
The racial the population was composed of 93.1 percent white, 3.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.
20.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years or older. 53.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 41,037 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,415. 17.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities
In addition to the northern districts of Murphysboro , Somerset Township is only scattered about.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 7, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 7, 2012