Bloomington (Town, Grant County)

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Bloomington
Bloomington, Wisconsin
Bloomington
Bloomington
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Burnett County
Coordinates : 42 ° 53 ′  N , 91 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 53 ′  N , 91 ° 0 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 350 (as of 2010)
Population density : 3.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 103.3 km 2  (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of
which 94.2 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) is land
Postal code : 53804
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-08400
GNIS ID : 1582836
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Location of the Town of Bloomington in Grant County

The Town of Bloomington is one of 33 Towns in Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Bloomington had 350 residents.

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 Bloomington is located in southwest Wisconsin, on the east bank of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa .

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Bloomington are 42 ° 52'35 "north latitude and 91 ° 00'20" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​103.3 km², which is spread over 94.2 km² of land and 9.1 km² of water.

The Town of Bloomington is located in western Grant County and borders the following neighboring towns and townships:

Town of Wyalusing Town of Patch Grove
Clayton Township
( Clayton County , Iowa)
Neighboring communities Town of Little Grant
Jefferson Township,
Clayton County, Iowa
Town of Glen Haven Town of Beetown

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highways 35 and 133 and the County Highway A converge in the area of ​​the Town of Bloomington. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A BNSF Railway runs along the Mississippi .

With the Cassville Municipal Airport there is a small airfield around 25 km southwest. The nearest major airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (170 km east).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Bloomington had 350 people in 135 households. The population density was 3.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.59 people lived in each of the 135 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white and 3.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.9 percent of the population.

24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.4 percent were 65 years or older. 44.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 43,125  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,893. 13.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Bloomington

There are no other settlements other than scattered settlement in the area of ​​the Town of Bloomington.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 10, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved September 10, 2013

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