Cass Township (Clayton County, Iowa)
Clayton County
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The Cass Township is one of 22 townships in Clayton County in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. In 2010, Cass Township had 1689 inhabitants.
Geography
The Cass Township is located 50 kilometers west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Wisconsin. The border with Illinois is located 80 km east-southeast.
The Cass Township is located at 42 ° 41 'N, 91 ° 33' W42.685833333333 - 91.546388888889 and extends over 95.09 km ².
The Cass Township is located in the extreme southwest of Clayton County, and borders to the Fayette County, southwest of Buchanan County and south to the Delaware County. Within the Clayton County borders the Cass Township to the north by the Sperry Township, in the northeast on the Cox Creek Township, and on the east by the Lodomillo Township.
Traffic
In the Cass Township Iowa Highways 3 and 13 come together. For all other roads within the Township is subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.
The Elkader Municipal Airport is located approximately 25 km north-east of Cass Township, a small regional airport. The nearest major airport is the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids ( 110 km south ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Cass Township 1689 people in 709 households. The population density was 17.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 709 households lived statistically 2.31 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.7 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 40,000. The per capita income was $ 20,194. 8.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns
The population of Cass Township lives next litter colonization in Strawberry Point, the only independent commune ( with a status of "City" ).