Cross Plains, Wisconsin

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Cross Plains
In the center of Cross Plains
In the center of Cross Plains
Location in Wisconsin
Cross Plains, Wisconsin
Cross Plains
Cross Plains
Basic data
Foundation : 1920
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dane County
Coordinates : 43 ° 7 ′  N , 89 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 7 ′  N , 89 ° 39 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
3,538 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 775.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.56 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 283 m
Postal code : 53528
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-17775
GNIS ID : 1563557
Website : www.cross-plains.wi.us
Mayor : Pat Andreoni (President)

Cross Plains is a town (with the status " Village ") in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Cross Plains had 3538 residents.

Cross Plains is part of the Madison Metropolitan Area .

geography

Cross Plains is located in south-central Wisconsin, in the northwestern suburb of its capital, Madison . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois on the Mississippi River is 127 km to the southwest.

The geographical coordinates of Cross Plains are 43 ° 06'52 "north latitude and 89 ° 39'20" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​4.56 km². The place is surrounded by the Towns Berry (in the north) and Cross Plains (in the south) without belonging to one of these towns.

The center of Madison is 14 miles east-southeast. Other neighboring towns are Waunakee (21.9 km northeast), Middleton (13.3 km east), Verona (22.3 km southeast), Mount Horeb (17.4 km south-southwest), Black Earth (7.9 km west-northwest) and Sauk City (23.5 km north-northwest).

The closest major cities are Green Bay (239 km northeast), Milwaukee (152 km east), Chicago (257 km southeast), and Rockford (129 km southeast).

traffic

The US Highway 14 leads as the main road through the center of Cross Plains. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad , a regional ( Class II ) freight transport company, runs parallel to US 14 through Cross Plains .

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (19 miles east).

population

According to the 2010 census, the Cross Plains had 3,538 people in 1,386 households. The population density was 775.9 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.55 people lived in each of the 1386 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 63,316  USD . The per capita income was $ 28,557. 6.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 9, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 9, 2013

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