Belmont (Town, Lafayette County)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Lafayette County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 47 ′ N , 90 ° 22 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 767 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 7.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 107.2 km 2 (approximately 41 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 360 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-06450 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1582789 | ||
 Location of the Town of Belmont in Lafayette County |
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The Town of Belmont is one of 18 Towns in Lafayette County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Belmont had 767 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 Belmont is located in southwest Wisconsin, around 30 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . The Illinois border is around 30 km south. The southern arm of the Pecatonica River , a tributary of the Rock River, which flows into the Mississippi, has its source in the northeast of the Town of Belmont .
In the southeast of the Town of Belmont is the independent municipality of Belmont , which is completely surrounded by the town without belonging to it.
The coordinates of the geographic center of the Town of Belmont are 42 ° 47'14 "north latitude and 90 ° 21'42" west longitude. The town extends over an area of 107.2 km².
The Town of Belmont is located in the far northwest of Lafayette County and borders the following neighboring towns:
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Town of Lima ( Grant County ) |
Town of Mifflin ( Iowa County ) |
Town of Linden, Iowa County |
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Town of Kendall | |
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Town of Platteville (Grant County) |
Town of Elk Grove | Town of Seymour |
traffic
The four-lane US Highway 151 runs through the Town of Belmont in a northeast-southwest direction . The Wisconsin State Highway 126 runs through the southeast as the southern artery of Belmont. In addition, the County Highways B and G run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads or partly unpaved roads.
With the Platteville Municipal Airport there is a small airfield about 15 km southwest. The nearest major airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 55 km southwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 100 km northeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Belmont had 767 people in 270 households. The population density was 7.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.8 people lived in each of the 270 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 1.4 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
31.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 43,036 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,696. 13.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities in the Town of Belmont
In the area of the Town of Belmont, in addition to scattered settlement, there is also the community-free settlement of Leslie .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 18, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved on September 18, 2013