Genoa (Town, Vernon County)
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 Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Wisconsin |
| County : | Vernon County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 33 ′ N , 91 ° 10 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 789 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 8.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 94.1 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 90.6 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 329 m |
| Area code : | +1 608 |
| FIPS : | 55-28650 |
| GNIS ID : | 1583263 |
The Town of Genoa is one of 21 towns in Vernon County in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Genoa had 789 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 .
geography
The Town of Genoa is located in southwest Wisconsin on the Mississippi , which forms the border with Minnesota and Iowa .
The Town of Genoa is located in the Ice Age-shaped region called the Driftless Area , which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois. During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Genoa are 43 ° 32'55 "north latitude and 91 ° 10'06" west longitude. It extends over an area of 94.1 km², which is spread over 90.6 km² of land and 3.5 km² of water. The independent municipality of Genoa , on whose territory the La Crosse nuclear power plant, which was decommissioned in 1987 , is located, is enclosed by the Town of Genoa without the municipality belonging to the town.
The Town of Genoa is located in western Vernon County and borders the following neighboring towns and townships:
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Crooked Creek Township ( Houston County , Minnesota) |
Town of Bergen | |
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Jefferson Township (Houston County, Minnesota) |
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Town of Harmony |
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Iowa Township ( Allamakee County , Iowa) |
Town of Wheatland | Town of Sterling |
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 35 , which runs along the Mississippi, forms the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road . The Wisconsin State Highway 56 coming from the east reaches its western end point at the confluence with WIS 35 in Genoa. In addition, the County Highways O and K run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway , the second largest railway company in the country, runs along the Mississippi for freight traffic .
The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (around 40 km north), Rochester International Airport in Rochester , Minnesota (around 150 km west-northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 190 km east-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Genoa had 789 people in 307 households. The population density was 8.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.57 people lived in each of the 307 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.9 percent were 65 years or older. 47.7 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 51,250 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,580. 7.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities in the Town of Genoa
Apart from scattered settlements, there are no other settlements in the Town of Genoa.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 3, 2014
- ^ Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved January 3, 2014