Bristol (Town, Dane County)

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Bristol
Bristol, Wisconsin
Bristol
Bristol
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dane County
Coordinates : 43 ° 15 ′  N , 89 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 15 ′  N , 89 ° 11 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
3,765 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 42.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 89.1 km 2  (about 34 mi 2 )
Height : 281 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-09775
GNIS ID : 1582862
Website : www.tn.bristol.wi.gov
Mayor : Gerald Derr (Chairman)
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Location of the Town of Bristol in Dane County

The Town of Bristol is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Bristol had 3765 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 .

The area of ​​the Town of Bristol is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Madison .

geography

The Town of Bristol is located in southern Wisconsin in the northeastern suburb of the capital Madison . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, located on the Mississippi , is about 200 km to the west-northwest; to Illinois it is around 95 km south.

The coordinates of the geographic center of the Town of Bristol are 43 ° 14'45 "north latitude and 89 ° 10'43" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​89.1 km².

The Town of Bristol is located in northeast Dane County and borders the following neighboring towns and independent parishes:

Town of Leeds
( Columbia County )
Town of Hampden
(Columbia County)
Town of Columbus
(Columbia County)
Town of Windsor Neighboring communities Town of York
City of Sun Prairie Town of Sun Prairie Town of Medina

traffic

The four-lane US Highway 151 runs from northeast to southwest through the area of ​​the Town of Bristol. In addition, the County Highways N and V run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 25 km southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Bristol had 3,765 people in 1302 households. The population density was 42.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1302 households there were statistically 2.89 people each.

The racial the population was composed of 95.6 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.

28.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.1 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 98,398  USD . The per capita income was $ 38,577. 3.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in the Town of Bristol

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved December 1, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps. Accessed December 1, 2013

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