Benton (Town, Wisconsin)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Lafayette County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 35 ′ N , 90 ° 24 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 504 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 6.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 72.6 km 2 (approx. 28 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 263 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-06850 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1582796 | ||
 Location of the Town of Benton in Lafayette County |
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The Town of Benton is one of 18 Towns in Lafayette County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Benton had 504 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 Benton is located in southwest Wisconsin, around 30 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . In the south the town borders on Illinois . The east of the Town of Belmont is traversed by the Galena River , a left tributary of the Mississippi .
In the center of the Town of Benton is the independent community of Benton , which is completely surrounded by the town without belonging to it. In the west, the parts of Lafayette County protruding parts of the independent municipalities Cuba City and Hazel Green , which are predominantly in neighboring Grant County, border on the Town of Benton.
The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Benton are 42 ° 34'30 "north latitude and 90 ° 23'40" west longitude. The town extends over an area of 72.6 km².
The Town of Benton is located in the extreme southwest of Lafayette County and borders the following neighboring towns and townships:
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Town of Smelser (Grant County) |
Town of Elk Grove | |
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Town of Hazel Green (Grant County) |
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Town of New Diggings |
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Vinegar Hill Township ( Jo Daviess County , Illinois) |
Council Hill Township (Jo Daviess County, Illinois) |
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 11 runs through the Town of Benton in a west-east direction . In addition, the county highways H, J and W run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads or partly unpaved roads.
The Platteville Municipal Airport is a small airfield around 15 km north-northwest. The nearest major airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 40 km southwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 130 km northeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Benton had 504 people in 185 households. The population density was 6.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.72 people lived in each of the 185 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.8 percent white, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.
22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 47.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 57,115 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,056. 14.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities in the Town of Benton
In addition to scattered settlements, there are also the following non-parish settlements in the area of the Town of Benton :
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