Spanish Lake Township
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Location in Missouri
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Missouri | ||
| County : | St. Louis County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 48 ′ N , 90 ° 15 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 35,967 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 464.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 84.4 km 2 (about 33 mi 2 ) of which 77.4 km 2 (about 30 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 184 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 63033, 63138 | ||
| Area code : | +1 314 | ||
| FIPS : | 29-69284 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 767356 | ||
 Location of the Spanish Lake Township in St Louis County |
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The Spanish Lake 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 Spanish Lake Township had 35,967 inhabitants.
geography
The Spanish Lake Township is located in the northern suburbs of St. Louis on the right bank of the Missouri River . Its confluence with the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois , is about 6 km below in an easterly direction.
The Spanish Lake Township is located at 38 ° 47'44 "north latitude and 90 ° 15'01" west longitude and extends over 84.4 km², which is spread over 77.4 km² of land and 7.0 km² of water.
The Spanish Lake Township is located in the north of St. Louis County and is bordered in the northwest by the Missouri on the St. Charles County . Within St. Louis County, the Spanish Lake Township is bordered by St. Ferdinand Township to the east and southeast , Ferguson Township to the south, Florissant Township to the southwest, and Lewis and Clark Township to the east and northeast .
traffic
In the extreme south of the Spanish Lake Township, Interstate 270 , which serves as the northern bypass of the metropolitan area around St. Louis, crosses Missouri State Route 367 , which joins US Highway 67 in the center of the township . Highway 67 crosses the Missouri over the Lewis Bridge in a northerly direction to neighboring St. Charles County. All other roads are county roads or subordinate inner-city connecting roads.
Parallel to Highway 67 runs a BNSF Railway , which runs from St. Louis along the Mississippi in a northerly direction.
The Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is located 20 km southwest of the township.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , the Spanish Lake Township had 35,967 people in 13,974 households. The population density was 464.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 13,974 households.
The racial the population was composed of 25.9 percent white, 70.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.
25.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.1 percent were 65 years or older. 54.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 48,278 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,998. 12.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
places
In addition to scattered settlements, most of the population of the Spanish Lake Township lives in the following places:
- Black Jack 1
- Florissant 2
1 - partly in Ferguson Township
2 - spread over all surrounding townships
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 21, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 21, 2012