Barton Township, Gibson County, Indiana

Gibson County

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The Barton Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 2010, Barton Township had 1677 inhabitants.

Geography

The Barton Township is located in southwest Indiana about 35 km north of the Ohio River, which forms the border with Kentucky. The Wabash River, which forms the border with Illinois, located about 45 km to the west.

The Barton Township is located at 38 ° 15 ' N, 87 ° 23' W38.246388888889 - 87.390555555556 and extends over 127.77 km ².

The Barton Township is located in the southeast of Gibson County and is bordered to the east and south on Pike Warrick County. Inside the Gibson County borders the Barton Township in the southwest on the Johnson Township, on the west by Union Township, on the northwest by the Center Township and the north by the Columbia Township.

Traffic

In a north-south direction, the Indiana State Route 57 runs through the township, opening into which at its eastern terminus of the Indiana State Route 168. For all other roads are subordinate and partially unpaved roadways.

Parallel to the IN 57 runs a railway line in the Indiana Southern Railroad through the township, which leads towards to Evansville from the northeast.

The Evansville Regional Airport is around 25 km south-west of Barton Township.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Barton Township in 1677 people in 664 households. The population density was 13.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 664 households lived statistically 2.53 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.2 percent African Americans, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.9 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 39,894. The per capita income was $ 19,147. 20.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.