Gratiot (Town)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Lafayette County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 34 ′ N , 90 ° 2 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 550 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 3.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 140.7 km 2 (approx. 54 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 262 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-30600 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1583308 | ||
 Location of the Town of Gratiot in Lafayette County |
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The Town of Gratiot is one of 18 Towns in Lafayette County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Gratiot had 550 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 Gratiot is located in southwest Wisconsin, around 55 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . In the south the town borders on Illinois . The town is traversed in the northeast by the Pecatonica River , a tributary of the Rock River which flows into the Mississippi .
In the northern center of the Town of Gratiot is the independent municipality Gratiot , which is completely surrounded by the town without belonging to it.
The coordinates of the geographic center of the Town of Gratiot are 42 ° 33'48 "north latitude and 90 ° 2'3" west longitude. It extends over an area of 140.7 km².
The Town of Gratiot is located in the south of Lafayette County and borders the following neighboring towns and townships:
| Town of Darlington | Town of Wiota | |
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Town of Shullsburg Town of Monticello |
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Town of Wayne |
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Apple River Township |
Warren Township ( Jo Daviess County , Illinois) |
Nora Township |
traffic
Wisconsin State Highway 11 runs through the Town of Gratiot in west-east direction and Wisconsin State Highway 78 in north-south direction . Both cross in the village of Gratiot. All other roads are subordinate country roads or partly unpaved roads.
The nearest airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 70 km west-southwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 100 km northeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Gratiot had 550 people in 215 households. The population density was 3.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 215 households.
The racial the population was composed of 99.1 percent white and 0.5 percent Asian; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.4 percent of the population.
22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.5 percent were 65 years or older. 46.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 48,500 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,427. 10.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns in the Town of Gratiot
In the area of the Town of Gratiot, in addition to scattered settlement, there is also the community-free settlement of Riverside .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 18, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved on September 18, 2013