Genesee Township, Whiteside County, Illinois

Whiteside County

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The Genesee Township is one of 22 townships in Whiteside County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the Genesee Township 784 inhabitants.

Geography

The Genesee Township is located in northwestern Illinois, approximately 30 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa. The border with Wisconsin is located about 70 km north.

The Genesee Township is located at 41 ° 53 'N, 89 ° 48' W41.881944444444 - 89.799166666667 and extends over 92.46 km ².

The Genesee Township is located in the north of Whiteside County and is bordered to the north Carroll County. Within the Whiteside County borders the Genesee Township on the east by the Jordan Township, to the southeast by the Sterling Township, on the south by the Hopkins Township, to the southwest by the Mount Pleasant Township and on the west by Clyde Township.

Traffic

Due to the north-east of the township Illinois State Route 40 leads All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

The nearest major airports are about 80 km north-east of the township located Chicago Rockford International Airport and 100 km south west Quad City International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Genesee Township 784 people in 305 households. The population density was 8.5 people per square kilometer. In the 305 households lived statistically 2.57 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.5 percent African American and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 61,346. The per capita income was $ 25,525. 0.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places

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