Beetown
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Location in Wisconsin
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Basic data | ||
State : | United States | |
State : | Wisconsin | |
County : | Grant County | |
Coordinates : | 42 ° 49 ′ N , 90 ° 52 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | |
Residents : | 777 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 6.2 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 125.4 km 2 (approx. 48 mi 2 ) | |
Height : | 274 m | |
Postal code : | 53802 | |
Area code : | +1 608 | |
FIPS : | 55-06100 | |
GNIS ID : | 1582780 | |
Location of the Town of Beetown in Grant County |
The Town of Beetown is one of 33 Towns of Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Beetown had 777 residents.
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 Beetown is located southwest of Wisconsin about 10 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . The border with Illinois is around 45 km to the southeast .
The Town of Beetown is 42 ° 48'43 "north latitude and 90 ° 51'38" west longitude. It extends over an area of 125.4 km². The area is traversed by the Grant River , a small left tributary of the Mississippi .
The Town of Beetown is located in the western center of Grant County and borders the following neighboring towns:
Town of Bloomington | Town of Little Grant | Town of North Lancaster |
Town of Glen Haven | Town of South Lancaster | |
Town of Cassville | Town of Waterloo | Town of Potosi |
traffic
Within the town, Wisconsin State Highways 81 and 35 meet. All other roads are county roads or further subordinate partially unpaved roads.
The nearest airport is Cassville Municipal Airport, around 10 km southwest of the town .
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Beetown had 777 people in 275 households. The population density was 6.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.83 people lived in each of the 275 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
28.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 48.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 42,143 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,117. 22.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Locations in the Town of Beetown
In addition to scattered settlements, there are the following non-parish settlements:
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 10, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 19, 2012