Cashton
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Monroe County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 45 ′ N , 90 ° 47 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,102 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 322.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.42 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 415 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54619 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-12950 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1562772 | ||
| Website : | www.cashton.com | ||
| Mayor : | Bob Amundson (President) | ||
Cashton is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Monroe County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Cashton had 1,102 inhabitants.
geography
Cashton is located in west central Wisconsin, around 30 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the Wisconsin- Minnesota border. The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, also on the Mississippi, is around 50 km to the southwest.
Cashton is located in the Ice Age-shaped region called the Driftless Area , which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois . During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of Cashton are 43 ° 44'31 "north latitude and 90 ° 46'45" west longitude. The parish covers an area of 3.42 km² and is surrounded by the towns of Portland (in the west) and Jefferson (in the east), without being part of any of them.
Cashton neighbors are Melvina (9.3 km north), Norwalk (18.7 km northeast), Ontario (16.6 km east), Bloomingdale (14.7 km south), Westby (12.9 km southwest), Coon Valley (14 miles west), Portland (8.4 km northwest), and Rockland (17 miles in the same direction).
The closest major cities are Wausau (217 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (293 km west southwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (169 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (279 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa (173 miles south), La Crosse on the Mississippi (30 miles west), Rochester , Minnesota (167 km in the same direction), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (281 km northwest).
traffic
In Cashton, Wisconsin State Highways intersect 33 (east-west) and 27 (north-south). All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airport is La Crosse Regional Airport (54.5 km northwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Cashton had 1,102 people in 448 households. The population density was 322.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.46 people lived in each of the 448 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.5 percent white, 0.9 percent African American and 2.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.4 percent of the population.
28.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 47,955 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,535. 15.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Frank O. King (1883–1969) - cartoonist, comic artist and author - born in Cashton
Individual evidence
- ↑ Village of Cashton Contact Information ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved July 23, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 23, 2014
