Bloom (Wisconsin)

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Bloom
Bloom (Wisconsin)
Bloom
Bloom
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Richland County
Coordinates : 43 ° 31 ′  N , 90 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 31 ′  N , 90 ° 29 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 512 (as of 2010)
Population density : 5.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 93.5 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 )
Height : 359 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-08175
GNIS ID : 1582829
Mayor : Calvin Brown (Chairman)
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Location of the Town of Bloom in Richland County

The Town of Bloom is one of 16 Towns in Richland County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Bloom had 512 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 Bloom is located in southwest Wisconsin. The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located on the Mississippi and is around 75 km to the west. After Illinois is approximately 130 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Bloom are 43 ° 30'52 "north latitude and 90 ° 29'22" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​93.5 km².

The Town of Bloom is located in northern Richland County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Stark
( Vernon County )
Town of Union
(Vernon County)
Town of Greenwood
(Vernon County)
Town of Forest Neighboring communities Village of Yuba

Town of Henrietta
Town of Sylvan Town of Marshall Town of Rockbridge

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 56 runs through the southwest of the Town of Bloom. In addition, the County Highways D, H and I run through the area of ​​the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

With Richland Airport there is a small airfield around 35 km southeast of the town. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 150 km south-southwest), La Crosse Regional Airport (around 95 km northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 130 km east-southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Bloom had 512 people in 202 households. The population density was 5.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 202 households.

Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with one exception. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

27.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. 46.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 44,205  USD . The per capita income was $ 18,888. 9.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Bloom

In addition to scattered settlements, the following non-parish settlements exist in the Town of Bloom :

Individual evidence

  1. Richland County - Bloom ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 2, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.co.richland.wi.us
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 2, 2013
  3. Map from Google Maps. Accessed November 2, 2013

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