Welton Township, Clinton County, Iowa

Clinton County

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The Welton Township is one of 18 townships in Clinton County in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. In 2010, the Welton Township 533 inhabitants

Geography

The Welton Township is located in Eastern Iowa about 40 kilometers west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois. The border with Wisconsin is located about 70 km north.

The Welton Township is located at 41 ° 54'26 " north latitude and 90 ° 36'45 " west longitude and extending over 83.28 km ².

The Welton Township is located in the center of Clinton County and is bordered to the north by the Bloomfield Township, in the northeast on the Waterford Township, on the east by the Washington Township, to the southeast by the De Witt Township, on the south by the Orange Township, on the west by the Grant Township and to the northwest by the Brookfield Township.

Traffic

By Welton Township runs north -south U.S. Highway 61 All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.

The nearest airports are about 20 km north- west of the township located Maquoketa Municipal Airport and about 25 km south-east situated Clinton Municipal Airport; the nearest major airport is 55 km south to Quad City International Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Welton Township 533 people in 198 households. The population density was 6.4 people per square kilometer. There are 198 households lived statistically 2.69 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent White, 0.2 percent (one person) African Americans and 0.2 percent (one person) of Native Americans; 1.7 percent (nine individuals ) were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.6 percent were 65 years or older. 47.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 51,250. The per capita income was $ 25,899. 2.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places

In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Waterford Township two settlements:

• Welton ( City )
• North Welton ( Unincorporated Community )