Wilson Township (Audrain County, Missouri)
Audrain County
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The Wilson Township is one of eight townships in Audrain County in the central north east of the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, Wilson Township had 1633 inhabitants.
Geography
The Wilson Township is located about 70 km north of the Missouri River and about 90 km west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois.
The Wilson Township is located at 39 ° 11 ' N, 92 ° 2' W39.189444444444 - 92.0325 and extends over 354.45 km ², spread over 351.80 km ² land and 2.65 km ² water surface.
The Wilson Township is located in the western center of the Audrain County and extends from the northern border to the Monroe County up to the southern border of the Callaway County by the county. In the southwest of the Boone County borders. Within the Audrain County, the Wilson Township is bordered on the northwest by the Saling Township and on the east by the Salt River Township.
Traffic
Due to the north of the Wilson Township runs the Missouri State Route 15, through the center of the Missouri State Route 22 For all other roads within the Township is subordinate and partly unpaved roadways.
In parallel to State Route 22 run two railway lines of the Norfolk Southern Railway from St. Louis to Kansas City and the Kansas City Southern of Springfield in Illinois also to Kansas City.
With the Mexico Memorial Airport is located approximately 20 km east of Wilson Township, a small airfield. The nearest major airport is around 170 km east-southeast location Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Wilson Township 1633 people in 610 households. The population density was 4.6 people per square kilometer. In the 610 households lived statistically 2.68 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asians and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.9 percent were 65 years or older. 48.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 51,075. The per capita income was $ 21,422. 20.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns
In addition to scattered settlement, the majority of the inhabitants of Wilson Township lives in the following ( unincorporated ) settlements:
- Rowena
- Thompson