Buchanan (Town)

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Buchanan
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Location in Wisconsin
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Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Outagamie County
Coordinates : 44 ° 16 ′  N , 88 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 16 ′  N , 88 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
6,755 (as of 2010)
367,516 (as of 2010)
Population density : 72.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 93 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 )
Height : 218 m
Postcodes : 54913, 54915, 54942, 54944
Area code : +1 274,920
FIPS : 55-10750
GNIS ID : 1582881
Website : townofbuchanan.org
Mayor : Mark McAndrews (Chairman)

The Town of Buchanan is one of 20 Towns in Outagamie County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Buchanan had 6,755 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 Town of Buchanan is located in the metropolitan area called Fox Cities .

geography

The Town of Buchanan is located in eastern Wisconsin, in the eastern suburbs of the city of Appleton on the south bank of the Fox River , which flows into the Green Bay of Lake Michigan about 40 km northeast .

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Buchanan are 44 ° 15'47 "north latitude and 88 ° 14'54" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​93 km².

The Town of Buchanan is located in southeast Outagamie County and is bordered by the following neighboring towns and communities:

Village of Kimberly ,
Village of Combined Locks ,
City of Kaukauna ,
Town of Kaukauna
Town of Wrightstown ( Brown County )
 
 
City of Appleton Neighboring communities Town of Holland
(Brown County)
Town of Woodville
( Calumet County )

traffic

The four-lane Wisconsin State Highway 441 , the eastern bypass of Appleton, delimits the town to the west. The Wisconsin State Highway 55 runs north-south. Furthermore, the county highways N, Q, Z, CE, KK and ZZ lead through the area of ​​the Town of Buchanan. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The Outagamie County Regional Airport is located approximately 30 km west of the Town of Buchanan.

Localities in the Town of Buchanan

There are no localities within the town; rather, in the course of the development of the surrounding towns and communities, especially the town of Appleton, the once rural character of the entire town has changed into a suburban residential area.

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Buchanan had 6,755 people in 2,393 households. The population density was 72.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.82 people lived in each of the 2393 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.2 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

29.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 85,299  USD . The per capita income was $ 30,197. 5.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. Town Board.Retrieved March 27, 2014
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 27, 2014
  3. Google Maps. Accessed March 27, 2014

Web links

Commons : Buchanan, Wisconsin  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files