Exeter, Wisconsin

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Exeter
Exeter, Wisconsin
Exeter
Exeter
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Green County
Coordinates : 42 ° 49 ′  N , 89 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 49 ′  N , 89 ° 33 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,023 (as of 2010)
Population density : 22.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 91 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 )
Height : 294 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-24725
GNIS ID : 1583182
Website : townofexeter.com
Mayor : Ted Fahey (Chairperson)
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Location of the Town of Exeter in Green County

The Town of Exeter is one of 16 Towns in Green County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Exeter had 2023 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 Exeter is located in southern Wisconsin, around 35 north of the Illinois border . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located on the Mississippi and lies around 115 km to the west-southwest. The town is traversed in the east in a north-south direction by the Sugar River , which belongs to the Mississippi river basin via the Pecatonica River and the Rock River .

The coordinates of the geographic center of the Town of Exeter are 42 ° 48'37 "north latitude and 89 ° 32'54" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​91 km².

The Town of Exeter is in north Green County and borders the following neighboring towns and independent communities:

Town of Primrose
( Dane County )
 
Town of Montrose
(Dane County)
Village of Belleville
Town of Oregon
(Dane County)
 
Town of New Glarus Neighboring communities Town of Brooklyn
Town of Washington Town of Mount Pleasant

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 92 runs through the northeast of the Town of Exeter. In addition, the County Highways D, CC, W and X run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

In a north-south direction, a rail trail for hikers and cyclists runs through the entire town on the route of a former railway line with the Badger State Trail . In winter, the hiking trail can also be used with snowmobiles. Another rail trail runs through the southwest of the town, the Sugar River State Trail.

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 50 km northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 2023 people in 720 households in the Town of Exeter. The population density was 22.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.81 people lived in each of the 720 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.4 percent African American and 0.1 percent Asian; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

30.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.3 percent were 65 years or older. 48.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 90,729  USD . The per capita income was $ 32,374. 5.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Exeter

In addition to scattered settlements, the following non-parish settlements exist in the Town of Exeter :

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 20, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved December 20, 2013
  3. ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Badger State Trail.Retrieved December 20, 2013
  4. ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Sugar River State Trail.Retrieved December 20, 2013

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