Greenwood (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 ° 36 ′ N , 90 ° 22 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 847 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 9.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 92.7 km 2 (about 36 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 345 m |
| Area code : | +1 608 |
| FIPS : | 55-31625 |
| GNIS ID : | 1583325 |
The Town of Greenwood is one of 21 towns in Vernon County in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Greenwood had 847 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 Greenwood is located in southwest Wisconsin, around 90 km east of the intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota on the Mississippi .
The Town of Greenwood 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 Greenwood are 43 ° 35'46 "north latitude and 90 ° 22'06" west longitude. It extends over an area of 92.7 km².
The Town of Greenwood is located in east Vernon County and borders the following neighboring towns:
| Town of Forest | Town of Hillsboro |
Town of Wonewoc ( Juneau County ) |
| Town of Union |
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Town of Woodland ( Sauk County ) |
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Town of Westford (Richland County) |
Town of Henrietta (Richland County) |
Town of Bloom ( Richland County ) |
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 80 leads in a north-south direction through the Town of Greenwood. In addition, the county highways C, Q and V run through the area of the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (around 100 km northwest), Rochester International Airport in Rochester , Minnesota (around 210 km west-northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 135 km east-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Greenwood had 847 people in 228 households. The population density was 9.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 3.71 people lived in each of the 228 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.8 percent white and 0.8 percent African American; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
40.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.4 percent were 65 years or older. 48.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was at 40,000 USD . The per capita income was $ 10,714. 45.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns in the Town of Greenwood
In addition to scattered settlement, there is also a community-free settlement in the Town of Greenwood, Greenwood .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 8, 2014
- ↑ Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved January 8, 2014