Murphysboro Township, Jackson County, Illinois

Jackson County

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The Murphysboro Township is one of 16 townships in Jackson County in the southwest of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the Murphysboro Township had 10,563 inhabitants.

Geography

The Murphysboro 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 about 100 km south.

The Murphysboro Township is located at 37 ° 44'14 " north latitude and 89 ° 19'34 " west longitude and extending over 96.02 km ².

The Murphysboro Township is located in the southeastern center of Jackson County and is bordered to the north by the Somerset Township, in the northeast on the De Soto Township, on the east by the Carbondale Township, to the southeast by the Makanda Township, on the south by the Pomona Township, to the west at the Sandridge Township and to the northwest by the Levan Township.

Traffic

In the Murphysboro Township, the Illinois State Routes take 13, 127 and 149 together. All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

Thanks to the northwest of the township is a railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad.

With the Southern Illinois Airport is located on the northeastern edge of the Murphysboro Township a regional airport. The nearest major airport is the Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport ( some 160 km north-west ).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Murphysboro Township 10,563 people in 4564 households. The population density was 110 people per square kilometer. In the 4564 households lived statistically 2.25 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 82.6 percent white, 12.1 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian and 1.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 32,636. The per capita income was $ 21,869. 21.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns

In addition to scattered settlements there in the Murphysboro Township following settlements:

Citys

• Carbondale1
• Murphysboro2

Unincorporated communities

• Mount Carbon
• Poplar Ridge

1 - predominantly in Carbondale Township, partly in Makanda Township 2 - partially in Somerset Township