Castle Rock, Wisconsin

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Castle Rock
Castle Rock, Wisconsin
Castle Rock
Castle Rock
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Grant County
Coordinates : 43 ° 5 ′  N , 90 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 5 ′  N , 90 ° 29 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 248 (as of 2010)
Population density : 2.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 92.7 km 2  (about 36 mi 2 )
Height : 226 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-13100
GNIS ID : 1582929
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Location of the Town of Castle Rock in Grant County

The Town of Castle Rock is one of 33 Towns in Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Castle Rock had 248 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 Castle Rock is located in southwest Wisconsin. The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located on the Mississippi and is located around 105 km northeast, the border with Illinois is around 70 km south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Castle Rock are 43 ° 04'44 "north latitude and 90 ° 29'10" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​92.7 km².

The Town of Castle Rock is located in northeast Grant County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Watterstown Town of Muscoda Town of Pulaski
( Iowa County )
Town of Hickory Grove Neighboring communities Town of Highland
(Iowa County)
Town of Fennimore Town of Wingville

traffic

County Highways G and Q run through the Town of Castle Rock. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest major airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 120 km east).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Castle Rock had 248 people in 107 households. The population density was 2.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.32 people lived in each of the 107 households.

Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with six exceptions. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

17.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 58,750  USD . The per capita income was $ 31,912. 5.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Castle Rock

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 13, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 13, 2013

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