Harmony (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 ° 35 ′ N , 91 ° 5 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 755 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 6.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 111.1 km 2 (approx. 43 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 214 m |
| Area code : | +1 608 |
| FIPS : | 55-32725 |
| GNIS ID : | 1583352 |
The Town of Harmony is one of 21 towns in Vernon County in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Harmony had 755 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 Harmony is located in southwest Wisconsin, around 20 km northeast of the intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota on the Mississippi .
The Town of Harmony 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 Harmony are 43 ° 35'02 "north latitude and 91 ° 05'23" west longitude. It extends over an area of 111.1 km².
The Town of Harmony is located in western Vernon County and borders the following neighboring towns:
| Town of Hamburg | Town of Coon | |
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Town of Bergen Town of Genoa |
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Town of Jefferson |
| Town of Sterling |
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 56 leads in west-east direction through the south of the Town of Harmony. The County Highway O runs through the north 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 45 km north-northwest), Rochester International Airport in Rochester , Minnesota (around 150 km west-northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 180 km east-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Harmony had 755 people in 266 households. The population density was 6.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.84 people lived in each of the 266 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 65,000 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,907. 5.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns in the Town of Harmony
In addition to scattered settlements, the following non-parish settlements exist in the Town of Harmony :
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 7, 2014
- ↑ Map from Google Maps.Retrieved January 7, 2014