Browntown, Wisconsin
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1881 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Green County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 35 ′ N , 89 ° 48 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 280 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 101.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.75 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 256 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53522 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-10475 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1562278 | ||
| Website : | www.browntown.us | ||
| Mayor : | John Schmitt (President) | ||
 The Cadiz Township Joint District No. 2 School in Browntown, listed in the NRHP since 1996 |
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Brownstown is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Green County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Browntown had 280 residents.
geography
Browntown is located in south central Wisconsin, 5.5 miles north of the Illinois border . The place is on the Pecatonica River , which belongs to the Mississippi river basin over the Rock River . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois on the Mississippi is 47 miles to the west.
The geographical coordinates of Browntown are 42 ° 34'40 "north latitude and 89 ° 47'39" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 2.75 km².
The neighboring towns of Browntown are Monroe (15 km east), Orangeville in Illinois (14.1 km southeast), Winslow in Illinois (10.7 km south), Warren in Illinois (15 km southwest), South Wayne (8, 2 km west) and Woodford (11.5 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Wisconsin's capital Madison (78.4 km northeast), Milwaukee (190 km east-northeast), Chicago , Illinois (228 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (84.6 km southeast), and the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois ( 180 km southwest).
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 11 runs along the northern outskirts of Browntown. The County Highway M, which branches off to the south, runs as the main road through the town center. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The Cheese Country Trail runs through Browntown , a rail trail for hikers and cyclists that follows the route of a former railway line . In winter, the hiking trail can also be used with snowmobiles.
The nearest airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (81 km northeast) and Chicago Rockford International Airport (94.4 km southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Browntown had 280 people in 109 households. The population density was 101.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.57 people lived in each of the 109 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 51,667 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,854. 6.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 96000419.Retrieved December 19, 2013
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 19, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 19, 2013
- ↑ Rail Trails in Wisconsin - Cheese Country Trail ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 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 December 19, 2013
