Adams (Town, Green County)

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Adams
Adams (Wisconsin)
Adams
Adams
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Green County
Coordinates : 42 ° 44 ′  N , 89 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 44 ′  N , 89 ° 47 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 530 (as of 2010)
Population density : 5.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 93.7 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 )
Height : 300 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-00325
GNIS ID : 1582655
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Location of the Town of Adams in Green County

The Town of Adams is one of 16 Towns in Green County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Adams had 530 inhabitants.

Town has a fundamentally different meaning in Wisconsin than in the rest of the English-speaking area. Rather, it corresponds to the usual townships in the other US states , which form the next smaller administrative unit after the county .

geography

The Town of Adams is located in southern Wisconsin, around 25 km north of the Illinois border . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois on the Mississippi is around 90 km west-southwest.

The coordinates of the geographic center of the Town of Adams are 42 ° 43'49 "north latitude and 89 ° 46'50" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​93.7 km².

The Town of Adams is located in the northwest of Green County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Blanchard
( Lafayette County )
Town of York Town of New Glarus
Town of Argyle
(Lafayette County)
Neighboring communities Town of Washington
Town of Wiota
(Lafayette County)
Town of Jordan Town of Monroe

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 81 runs through the southwest of the Town of Adams. In addition, the County Highways A, C, J and M run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 70 km northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Adams had 530 people in 208 households. The population density was 5.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.55 people lived in each of the 208 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.6 percent Native American and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.9 percent were 65 years or older. 48.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 65,714  USD . The per capita income was $ 28,686. 7.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Adams

Apart from scattered settlements, there is no other settlement in the Town of Adams.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 22, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps.Retrieved December 22, 2013

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