Freeburg Township, St. Clair County, Illinois
St. Clair County
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The Freeburg Township is one of 22 townships in St. Clair County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the Freeburg Township had 5109 inhabitants.
The Township is located in the Metro - East called the eastern part of the metropolitan area of Greater St. Louis the city of St. Louis in neighboring Missouri.
Geography
The Freeburg Township is located in the eastern suburban area of St. Louis. The Mississippi River, which forms the border with the state of Missouri, is located 35 km to the west.
The Freeburg Township is located at 38 ° 26'34 " north latitude and 89 ° 52'22 " west longitude and extending over 57.94 km ², spread over 56.81 km ² land and 1.13 km ² water surface.
The Freeburg Township is located in the center of St. Clair County and is bordered to the north at the Shiloh Valley Township, in the northeast on the Mascoutah Township, on the east by the Engelmann Township, to the southeast by the Fayetteville Township, on the south by New Athens Township, in southwest on the Prairie Du Long township, on the west by the Smithton Township, and on the northwest by Belleville.
Traffic
In the Freeburg Township, the Illinois State Routes 13 and 15 run together. All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate partly unpaved roadways.
Thanks to the southwest of the township runs a railway line of the Canadian National Railway, which runs from St. Louis to the southeast.
The St. Louis Downtown Airport is located around 35 km north-west, the greater Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport is located approximately 60 km northwest of Freeburg Township.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Freeburg Town Chip 5109 people in 2017 households. The population density was 89.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 2017 households lived statistically 2.47 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 64,348. The per capita income was $ 30,342. 8.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places
In addition to scattered settlements the population of Freeburg Township lives in Freeburg ( with a status of "Village" ), the only independent community within the Township.