South Fork Township (Audrain County, Missouri)
Audrain County
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The South Fork Township is one of eight townships in Audrain County in the central north east of the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the South Fork Township had 5431 inhabitants.
Geography
The South Fork Township is approximately 60 km north of the Missouri River and about 85 km west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois.
The South Fork Township is located at 39 ° 10 ' N, 91 ° 52' W39.169722222222 - 91.861111111111 and extends over 120.15 km ², spread over 118 km ² land and 2.15 km ² water surface.
The South Fork Township is located in the southern center of the Audrain County and is bordered to the south of Callaway County. Within the Audrain County, the South Fork Township is bordered to the west by the Salt River Township, on the north by Prairie Township, and on the east by the Linn and Loutre Township.
Traffic
Through the South Fork Township of U.S. Highway 54 runs as eastern arterial road of the city of Mexico. For all other roads within the Township is subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In the South Fork Township makes a railway line of the Norfolk Southern Railway, which leads to a line of Kansas City Southern, which runs from Springfield in Illinois also to Kansas City from St. Louis to Kansas City.
With the Mexico Memorial Airport is located within the South Fork Township, a small airfield. The nearest major airport is around 150 km east-southeast location Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in the South Fork Township 5431 people in 2164 households. The population density was 46 people per square kilometer. In the 2164 households lived statistically 2.35 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 84.0 percent white, 9.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 1.1 percent Asian and 2.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.0 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 35,882. The per capita income was $ 18,661. 19.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns
The population of the South Fork Township lives next litter colonization in the following settlements:
- Mexico1 ( City )
- Vandiver ( Village )
1 - partially in the Salt River Township