Makanda Township, Jackson County, Illinois
Jackson County
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The Makanda Township is one of 16 townships in Jackson County in the southwest of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the Makanda Township had 4353 inhabitants.
Geography
The Makanda Township is located approximately 40 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 approximately 75 km south.
The Makanda Township is located at 37 ° 38 'N, 89 ° 13' W37.6325 - 89.213888888889 and extends over 98 square kilometers, spread over 96.85 km ² land and 1.15 km ² water surface.
The Makanda Township is located in the extreme southeast of Jackson County and is bordered to the east by the Williamson County and on the south by Union County. Within the Jackson County the Makanda Township is bordered to the west on the Pomona Township, on the northwest by the Murphysboro Township, and the north by the Carbondale Township.
Traffic
By Makanda Township runs north -south U.S. Highway 51 All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.
Parallel to Highway 51 runs a railway line of the former Illinois Central Railroad, now part of the Canadian National Railway. This route is also used by Amtrak.
With the Southern Illinois Airport is located around 15 kilometers north of Makanda Township a regional airport. The nearest major airport is the Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport ( some 180 km north-west ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Makanda Township 4353 people in 1883 households. The population density was 44.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1883 households lived statistically 2.31 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 88.7 percent white, 4.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 3.9 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 54,881. The per capita income was $ 30,965. 11.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns
In addition to scattered settlements there in Makanda Township following settlements:
City
- Carbondale1
Village
- Makanda
Unincorporated communities
- Boskydell
- Stone Fort
1 - predominantly in Carbondale Township, partly in the Murphysboro Township