Dayton (Town, Richland County)

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Dayton
Dayton, Wisconsin
Dayton
Dayton
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Richland County
Coordinates : 43 ° 20 ′  N , 90 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′  N , 90 ° 30 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 693 (as of 2010)
Population density : 7.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 90.9 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 )
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-19000
GNIS ID : 1583055
Mayor : Richard Wastlick (Chairman)
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Location of the Town of Dayton in Richland County

The Town of Dayton is one of 16 Towns in Richland County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Dayton had 693 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 Dayton is located in southwest Wisconsin. The Iowa border is approximately 34 miles west. After Minnesota is about 75 km in the north-west; to Illinois it is about 110 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Dayton are 43 ° 20'10 "north latitude and 90 ° 29'46" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​90.9 km². The Town of Dayton completely encloses the independent municipality Boaz , without this belonging to the town.

The Town of Dayton is located in the center of Richland County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Sylvan Town of Marshall Town of Rockbridge
Town of Akan Neighboring communities Town of Richland
Town of Richwood Town of Eagle Town of Orion

traffic

The US Highway 14 runs west-east direction by the Town of Dayton. In addition, the County Highways Q, Y and Z run through the area of ​​the Town of Dayton. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

With the Richland Airport there is a small airfield around 20 km southeast of the town. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 135 km south-southwest), La Crosse Regional Airport (around 110 km north-northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 110 km east-southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Dayton had 693 people in 278 households. The population density was 7.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.45 people lived in each of the 278 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 1.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.2 percent were 65 years or older. 48.1 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 52,083  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,992. 11.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in the Town of Dayton

Apart from scattered settlement, there are no other settlements in the Town of Dayton.

Individual evidence

  1. Richland County - Dayton ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 30, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.co.richland.wi.us
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 29, 2013
  3. Map from Google Maps.Retrieved October 29, 2013

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