Hazel Green (Town)

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Hazel Green
Hazel Green, Wisconsin
Hazel Green
Hazel Green
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Grant County
Coordinates : 42 ° 33 ′  N , 90 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 33 ′  N , 90 ° 29 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,132 (as of 2010)
Population density : 12.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 91.1 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 )
Height : 270 m
Postal code : 53811
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-33525
GNIS ID : 1583373
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Location of the Town of Hazel Green in Grant County

The Town of Hazel Green is one of 33 Towns in Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Hazel Green had 1,132 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 Hazel Green is located in southwest Wisconsin, not far from the intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa . The Mississippi, which flows around 10 km to the west, forms the border between Wisconsin and Illinois and Iowa. The Town of Hazel Green largely surrounds Hazel Green , which is not part of the Town.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Hazel Green are 42 ° 33'07 "north latitude and 90 ° 29'12" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​91.1 km².

The Town of Hazel Green is located in southern Grant County and borders the following neighboring towns and townships:

Town of Paris Town of Smelser
Town of Jamestown Neighboring communities Town of Benton
( Lafayette County )
Menominee Township
Vinegar Hill Township
( Jo Daviess County , Illinois)
Council Hill Township

traffic

Wisconsin State Highway 11 runs through the Town of Hazel Green in north-south direction and Wisconsin State Highway 80 in north-south direction . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The Dubuque Regional Airport is located around 30 km southwest of Dubuque, Iowa's third largest airport in terms of passenger volume.

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Hazel Green had 1,132 people in 341 households. The population density was 12.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.66 people lived in each of the 341 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 46.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 33.0 percent were 65 years or older. 58.4 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 51,563  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,354. 7.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in the Town of Hazel Green

In addition to scattered settlements, there are the following non-parish settlements:

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 11, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved September 11, 2013
  3. List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost (PDF; 2.1 MB) ( Memento from September 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on September 11, 2013

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