Erie Township, Whiteside County, Illinois

Whiteside County

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The Erie Township is one of 22 townships in Whiteside County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the Erie Township had 2006 inhabitants.

Geography

The Erie Township is located on the north bank of the Rock River in northwestern Illinois. The Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa, is located about 15 west. The border with Wisconsin is located approximately 110 km north.

The Erie Township is located at 41 ° 38'22 " north latitude and 90 ° 07'02 " west longitude and extending over 63.97 km ², spread over 62.15 km ² land and 1.82 km ² water surface.

The Erie Township is located in the west of Whiteside County and is bordered to the west by the Skirt Iceland County. Within the Whiteside County, the Erie Township is bordered to the south, southeast and east by the Portland Township, in the northeast on the Fenton Township, on the north by the Newton Township and to the northwest by the Albany Township.

Traffic

In the north- west Interstate 88 runs through the Erie Rownship. All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

Along the Rock River railway line of the BNSF Railway runs through the Erie Township.

The nearest airport is around 40 km south-west of the township situated Quad City International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Erie Township 2006 people in 800 households. The population density was 63.97 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 800 households lived statistically 1.51 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American and 0.2 percent Asian; 1.3 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, 59.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 50,938. The per capita income was $ 24,940. 6.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places

In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Erie Erie Township with a separate municipality ( with a status of "Village" ).