Lyndon Township, Whiteside County, Illinois
Whiteside County
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The Lyndon Township is one of 22 townships in Whiteside County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Lyndon Township had 1057 inhabitants.
Geography
The Lyndon Township is located in northwestern Illinois, on the north bank of the Rock River. The Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa, is situated about 30 km to the west. The border with Wisconsin is located around 95 km north.
The Lyndon Township is located at 41 ° 43'44 " north latitude and 89 ° 54'55 " west longitude and extending over 73.03 km ², spread to 70.7 km ² land and 2.33 km ² water surface.
The Lyndon Township is located in the center of Whiteside County and is bordered on the north by Mount Pleasant Township, in the northeast on the Hopkins Township, on the east by the Hume Township, on the south by the Prophetstown Township, on the west by the Fenton Township and on the northwest by the Union Grove Township.
Traffic
Along the Rock River runs Interstate 88, which connects Chicago to the Quad Cities. Through the West of Lyndon Township runs north -south direction, the Illinois State Route 78 All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roadways. Until its closure to all traffic in 1980 consisted of the Lyndon Bridge is a direct connection from Lyndon to the opposite bank of the Rock River. Today, this road runs over the State Route 78
With the Whiteside County Airport is a small airfield located approximately 20 km east of Lyndon Township. The nearest major airports are located about 100 km northeast Chicago Rockford International Airport and 65 km south west Quad City International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Lyndon Township 1057 people in 420 households. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. In the 420 households lived statistically 2.52 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asians and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.4 percent were 65 years or older. 48.4 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 49,492. The per capita income was $ 23,529. 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Lyndon Lyndon Township with a separate municipality ( with a status of "Village" ).