Benton (Wisconsin)

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Benton
The Benton Stone Water Tower, listed in the NRHP since 1999 [1]
The Benton Stone Water Tower , listed in the NRHP since 1999
Location in Wisconsin
Benton (Wisconsin)
Benton
Benton
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Lafayette County
Coordinates : 42 ° 34 ′  N , 90 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 34 ′  N , 90 ° 24 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 973 (as of 2010)
Population density : 446.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.18 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 282 m
Postal code : 53803
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-06825
GNIS ID : 1561578
Website : www.bentonwi.us
Mayor : Gary McCrea (President)

Benton is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Lafayette County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Benton had 973 inhabitants. The community is named after Senator Thomas Hart Benton .

geography

Benton is located in southwest Wisconsin on the Galena River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The Mississippi border with Iowa is 15 miles west and the Illinois border is 9 miles south of the city. The geographical coordinates of Benton are 42 ° 33'35 "north latitude and 90 ° 23'49" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​2.18 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Benton without belonging to it.

Neighboring towns are Cuba City (7.1 km northwest), Belmont (14.5 km northeast), Shullsburg (14.3 km east), Scales Mound in Illinois (20.8 km southeast), Galena in Illinois (14.6 km south-southwest) and Hazel Green (8.1 km southwest).

The nearest major cities are La Crosse (195 km northwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (125 km northeast), Rockford , Illinois (130 km east-southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (145 km south) and Dubuque , Iowa (30, 7 km west-southwest).

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 11 runs as the main road in a west-east direction through Benton. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airports are Dubuque Regional Airport (27 miles southwest) and Dane County Regional Airport at Madison (135 miles northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , Benton had 973 people in 398 households. The population density was 446.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.44 people lived in each of the 398 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.4 percent of the population.

25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 52,656  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,796. 11.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 98001598.Retrieved September 19, 2013
  2. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 19, 2013
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 19, 2013

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