Bergen (Town, Vernon County)
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 Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States |
| State : | Wisconsin |
| County : | Vernon County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 40 ′ N , 91 ° 12 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,364 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 15.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 136.7 km 2 (approx. 53 mi 2 ) of which 88.6 km 2 (approx. 34 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 195 m |
| Area code : | +1 608 |
| FIPS : | 55-06900 |
| GNIS ID : | 1582798 |
The Town of Bergen is one of 21 towns in Vernon County in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Bergen had 1,364 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 Bergen is located in southwest Wisconsin on the Mississippi , which forms the border with Minnesota . About 15 km south downstream is the intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.
The Town of Bergen is located in the Ice Age-shaped region called the Driftless Area , which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois. During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Bergen are 43 ° 39'34 "north latitude and 91 ° 12'28" west longitude. It extends over an area of 136.7 km², which is spread over 88.6 km² of land and 48.1 km² of water. The Town of Bergen encloses the independent parish of Stoddard without it being part of the town.
The Town of Bergen is located in the far northwest of Vernon County and borders the following neighboring towns and townships:
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Hokah Township ( Houston County , Minnesota) |
Town of Shelby ( La Crosse County ) |
Town of Greenfield (La Crosse County) |
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Brownsville Township (Houston County, Minnesota) |
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Town of Hamburg |
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Crooked Creek Township , Jefferson Township (Houston County, Minnesota) |
Town of Genoa | Town of Harmony |
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 35 , which runs along the Mississippi, forms the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road . The Wisconsin State Highway 162 coming from the east reaches its western end point at the confluence with WIS 35 in Stoddard. In addition, the County Highways O and K run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway , the second largest railway company in the country, runs along the Mississippi for freight traffic .
The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (around 25 km north), Rochester International Airport in Rochester , Minnesota (around 130 km west-northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 200 km east-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Bergen had 1,364 people in 546 households. The population density was 15.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 546 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American and 0.1 percent Asian; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.
21.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.4 percent were 65 years or older. 48.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 60,089 USD . The per capita income was $ 31,055. 3.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities in the Town of Bergen
In addition to scattered settlements, Pleasant Valley is another community-free settlement in the Town of Bergen .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 3, 2014
- ↑ Map from Google Maps.Retrieved January 3, 2014