Dunkirk (Town)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Dane County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 53 ′ N , 89 ° 11 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,945 (as of 2010) 568,593 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 23.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 83.7 km 2 (approx. 32 mi 2 ) of which 82.6 km 2 (approx. 32 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 266 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-21100 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1583104 | ||
| Website : | www.townofdunkirk.com | ||
| Mayor : | Norman Monsen (Chairperson) | ||
 Location of the Town of Dunkirk in Dane County |
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The Town of Dunkirk is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Dunkirk had 1945 inhabitants.
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 .
The area of the Town of Dunkirk is part of the metropolitan area of Madison .
geography
The Town of Dunkirk is located in southern Wisconsin, in the southeastern suburb of the capital Madison . The Town of Dunkirk is traversed by the Yahara River , a tributary of the Rock River, which flows into the Mississippi in the neighboring state of Illinois . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, located on the Mississippi, is about 215 km to the west-northwest; it is around 50 km south to Illinois.
The coordinates of the geographic center of the Town of Dunkirk are 42 ° 52'53 "north latitude and 89 ° 11'24" west longitude. It extends over an area of 83.7 km², which is spread over 82.6 km² of land and 1.1 km² of water.
The Town of Dunkirk is located in southeast Dane County and borders the following neighboring towns and independent communities:
| City of Stoughton | Town of Pleasant Springs | Town of Christiana |
| Town of Rutland |
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Town of Albion |
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Town of Union ( Rock County ) |
Town of Porter (Rock County) |
Town of Fulton (Rock County) |
traffic
The US Highway 51 runs from west to east through the north of the Town of Dunkirk. Wisconsin State Highway 138 runs through the west of the town . In addition, the County Highways A, B and N run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.
A railway line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR), a regional ( Class II ) freight transport company, runs through the town from northwest to southeast . The only passenger in the region is from Chicago circulating to the West Coast Empire Builder from Amtrak , which stops in Madison.
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 35 km north).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Dunkirk had 1945 people in 785 households. The population density was 23.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.48 people lived in each of the 785 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 1.0 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 1.1 percent of the population.
21.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.0 percent were 65 years or older. 49.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 67,097 USD . The per capita income was $ 29,865. 12.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns in the Town of Dunkirk
In addition to scattered settlements, the following unincorporated settlements exist in the Town of Dunkirk :
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 5, 2013
- ^ Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved December 5, 2013