Vergennes Township, Jackson County, Illinois
Jackson County
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The Vergennes Township is one of 16 townships in Jackson County in the southwest of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the Vergennes Township had 771 inhabitants.
Geography
The Vergennes Township is located approximately 35 kilometers 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 115 km south.
The Vergennes Township is located at 37 ° 54 'N, 89 ° 19' W37.905833333333 - 89.3175 and extends over 96.7 km ², spread to 95.8 km ² land and 0.9 km ² water surface.
The Township is located in the north of Jackson County and is bordered to the north Perry County. Within the Jackson County borders the Vergennes Township on the east by the Elk Township, to the southeast by the De Soto Township, on the south by Somerset Township, to the southwest by the Levan Township and on the west by the Ora Township.
Traffic
Through the Township run in a north-south direction on a section of track shared the Illinois State Routes 13 and 127, the southern border of the Vergennes Township is formed by the Illinois State Route 4. All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.
With the Southern Illinois Airport is located around 25 kilometers south of Vergennes 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 Vergennes Township 771 people in 294 households. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. In the 294 households lived statistically 2.62 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.3 percent African Americans, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American and 0.1 percent Asian; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 43,478. The per capita income was $ 19,288. 16 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Vergennes Vergennes Township with a separate municipality ( with a status of "Village" ).