Cassville (Town)

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Cassville
Cassville, Wisconsin
Cassville
Cassville
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Grant County
Coordinates : 42 ° 45 ′  N , 90 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 45 ′  N , 90 ° 58 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 416 (as of 2010)
Population density : 4.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 94.2 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of
which 86.6 km 2  (approx. 33 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 292 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-83900
GNIS ID : 1563972
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Location of the Town of Cassville in Grant County

The Town of Cassville is one of 33 Towns in Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Cassville had 416 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 Cassville is located in southwest Wisconsin, on the east bank of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . The Illinois border is around 50 km south.

The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Cassville are 42 ° 44'39 "north latitude and 90 ° 58'00" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​94.2 km², which is spread over 86.6 km² of land and 7.6 km² of water. The Town of Cassville surrounds from the land side completely the place Cassville , without it belongs to the Town.

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

Town of Glen Haven Town of Beetown
Jefferson Township
( Clayton County , Iowa)
Neighboring communities Town of Waterloo
Millville Township,
Clayton County, Iowa
Buena Vista Township,
Clayton County, Iowa
Jefferson Township
( Dubuque County , Iowa)

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 133 runs parallel to the Mississippi and forms the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road . Coming from the northeast, Wisconsin State Highway 81 reaches its western end point in Cassville. Furthermore, the County Highways Y runs through the east of the Town of Cassville. All other roads are subordinate country roads or partly unpaved roads.

A BNSF Railway runs along the Mississippi .

With the Cassville Municipal Airport there is a small airfield in Cassville. The nearest major airports are Dubuque Regional Airport (around 70 km southeast) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital, Madison (around 190 km east-northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Cassville had 416 people in 175 households. The population density was 4.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in the 175 households.

Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with four exceptions.

19.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.1 percent were 65 years or older. 46.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 33,906  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,787. 14.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Cassville

In the area of ​​the Town of Cassville there are no other settlements besides scattered settlement.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 16, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved on September 16, 2013
  3. ^ Cassville Municipal Airport.Retrieved September 16, 2013

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