Levan Township, Jackson County, Illinois
Jackson County
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The Levan Township is one of 16 townships in Jackson County in the southwest of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Levan Township had a population of 850.
Geography
The Levan Township is located approximately 20 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 around 110 km south.
The Levan Township is located at 37 ° 49 'N, 89 ° 26' W37.8175 - 89.430833333333 and extends over 95.1 km ², spread to 86.7 km ² land and 8.4 km ² water surface. The Kinkaid Lake, one incurred by damming streams surrounding the reservoir, located in the southern center of the Township.
The Levan Township is located in the northwestern center of Jackson County and is bordered to the north by the Ora Township, in the northeast on the Vergennes Township, on the east by the Somerset Township, to the southeast by the Murphysboro Township, on the south by the Sand Ridge Township, in southwest at the Fountain Bluff Township, on the west by the Kinkaid Township, and on the northwest by the Bradley Township.
Traffic
By Levan Township runs as the main road onto County Road 7 All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.
With the Southern Illinois Airport is located approximately 20 km east of Levan Township, a regional airport. The nearest major airport is the Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport ( some 150 km north-west ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Levan Township 850 people in 332 households. The population density was 9.8 people per square kilometer. In the 332 households lived statistically 2.56 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American and 0.4 percent Asian; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 49,515. The per capita income was $ 20,681. 9.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the field of Levan Township no settlements.