Elk Township, Jackson County, Illinois
Jackson County
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The Elk Township is one of 16 townships in Jackson County in the southwest of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the Elk Township had 1907 inhabitants.
Geography
The Elk Township is located approximately 50 kilometers east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Missouri. The mouth of the Ohio at the intersection of the states of Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky is located around 130 km south.
The Elk Township is located at 37 ° 54'11 " north latitude and 89 ° 12'19 " west longitude and extending over 96.46 km ², spread over 93.76 km ² land and 2.7 km ² water surface. The Township is drained by the Little Muddy River.
The Elk Township is located in the extreme northeast of Jackson County and is bordered to the north by the Perry County, on the east by the Franklin County and to the southeast by the Williamson County. Within the Jackson County borders the Elk Township on the east by the Vergennes Township, to the southeast by the Somerset Township, and on the south by the De Soto Township.
Traffic
In north -south U.S. Highway 51 runs through the Elk Township. All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.
Parallel to Highway 51 runs a railway line of the former Illinois Central Railroad, now part of the Canadian National Railway. This route is also used by Amtrak.
With the Southern Illinois Airport ( 15 km south ) and the Williamson County Regional Airport ( around 30 km south-east ), there are two regional airports near the Elk Township. The nearest major airport is the Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport ( some 160 km north-west ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Elk Township 1907 people in 794 households. The population density was 20.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 794 households lived statistically 2.4 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 95.3 percent white, 1.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asians and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 33,148. The per capita income was $ 17,226. 22.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Elk Township following settlements:
Villages
- Dowell
- Elkville
Unincorporated Community
- Hallidayboro