DeSoto Township, Jackson County, Illinois
Jackson County
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The De Soto Township is one of 16 townships in Jackson County in the southwest of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the De Soto Township 2388 inhabitants.
Geography
The De Soto Township is located approximately 35 km 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 about 100 km south.
The De Soto Township is located at 37 ° 49'02 " north latitude and 89 ° 13'47 " west longitude and extending over 98.38 km ², spread over 97.22 km ² land and 1.16 km ² water surface. Within the Township of Little Muddy flows into the Big Muddy River, a left tributary of the Mississippi.
The De Soto Township is located in the eastern part of Jackson County and is bordered to the northeast by the Franklin and on the east by the Williamson County. Within the Jackson County De Soto Township is bordered to the south by the Carbondale Township, to the southwest by the Murphysboro Township, on the west by the Somerset Township, on the northwest by the Vergennes Township and the north by the Elk Township.
Traffic
In the center of De Soto Township crosses the running in the north -south U.S. Highway 51 leading from west to east Illinois State Route 149 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. In the center of the township, the route is crossed by a line of the Union Pacific Railroad.
With the Southern Illinois Airport is located on the southwestern edge of the De Soto Township, a regional airport. The nearest major airport is the Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport ( about 170 km north-west ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in De Soto Township 2388 people in 986 households. The population density was 24.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 986 households lived statistically 2.36 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 93.0 percent white, 2.7 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 32,036. The per capita income was $ 18,856. 17.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the De Soto Township following two settlements:
- De Soto ( Village )
- Reeds Station ( Unincorporated Community )