Castle Rock Township, Dakota County, Minnesota

Dakota County

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The Castle Rock Township is one of 17 townships in Dakota County in the southeastern center of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, the Castle Rock Township 1342 inhabitants.

The Castle Rock Township is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Minneapolis -Saint Paul.

Geography

The Castle Rock Township is located in the southern suburban area of the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The Mississippi River, which forms the border with Wisconsin, is located around 25 km north-east of the township.

The Castle Rock Township is located at 44 ° 34'48 " north latitude and 93 ° 06'21 " west longitude and extending over 92.72 km ².

The Castle Rock Township is located in the south of Dakota County and is bordered to the north by the Empire Township, in the northeast on the Vermillion Township, on the east by the Hampton Township, to the southeast by the Randolph Township and at the Stanton Township, Goodhue County, in the south to the Sciota Township, to the southwest by the Waterford Township and the Greenvale Township and on the west by the Eureka Township. The cities of Farmington ( in the northwest), Hampton ( in the east) and Randolph ( in the southeast ) also border the Castle Rock Township.

Traffic

The northern boundary of the Township is formed from the Minnesota State Route 50. All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate partially unpaved roadways.

Through the West of Castle Rock Township runs north -south railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

The Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport, which is located around 50 km north-east of Castle Rock Township, is the nearest airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Castle Rock Township 1342 people in 504 households. The population density was 14.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 504 households lived statistically 2.66 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.0 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 74,961. The per capita income was $ 34,359. 8.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Castle Rock Township

In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Township with Castle Rock a settlement with the status " Unincorporated Community ".