Eden (Town, Iowa County)

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Eden
Eden (Wisconsin)
Eden
Eden
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Iowa County
Coordinates : 42 ° 58 ′  N , 90 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 58 ′  N , 90 ° 21 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
355 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 3.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 91.4 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 )
Height : 376 m
Postal code : 53526
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-22525
GNIS ID : 1583131
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Location of the Town of Eden in Iowa County

The Town of Eden is one of 14 Towns in Iowa County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Eden had 355 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 Eden is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Madison .

geography

The Town of Eden is located in southwest Wisconsin. The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, located on the Mississippi , is around 120 km to the northwest; to Illinois it is around 65 km south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Eden are 42 ° 58'27 "north latitude and 90 ° 20'58" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​91.4 km². The Town of Eden completely surrounds the independent municipality of Cobb without it being part of the town.

The Town of Eden is located in western Iowa County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Castle Rock
( Grant County )
Town of Highland
Town of Wingville
(Grant County)

Village of Montfort
Neighboring communities Town of Dodgeville
Town of Clifton
(Grant County)
Town of Mifflin Town of Linden

traffic

The US Highway 18 and the congruently here running Wisconsin State Highway 80 leading west to east direction by the Town. In addition, the County Highways B, G, and I run through the area of ​​the Town of Eden. All other roads are subordinate country roads and partly unpaved roads.

With the Iowa County Airport there is a small airfield around 20 km southeast. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 85 km south-southwest), Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 100 km east-northeast) and Chicago Rockford International Airport (around 170 km southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Eden had 355 people in 136 households. The population density was 3.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.61 people lived in each of the 136 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.6 percent white, 0.3 percent Asian and 3.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.1 percent of the population.

22.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 47.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 63,750  USD . The per capita income was $ 31,304. 9.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Eden

Apart from scattered settlement, there is no other settlement in the Town of Eden.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 13, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps.Retrieved November 13, 2013
  3. AirNav.com - Iowa County Airport Accessed on November 13, 2013

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