Highland (Town, Iowa County)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Iowa County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 4 ′ N , 90 ° 21 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
750 (as of 2010) 568,593 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 4.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 168 km 2 (approx. 65 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 337 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-34475 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1583388 | ||
 Location of the Town of Highland in Iowa County |
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The Town of Highland is one of 14 Towns in Iowa County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Highland had 750 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 .
The area of the Town of Highland is part of the metropolitan area of Madison .
geography
The Town of Highland is located in southwest Wisconsin. The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, located on the Mississippi , is around 110 km to the northwest; to Illinois it is around 65 km south.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Highland are 43 ° 03'59 "north latitude and 90 ° 20'38" west longitude. It extends over an area of 168 km². The Town of Highland completely encloses the Village of Highland without it being part of the Town.
The Town of Highland is located in northwest Iowa County and borders the following neighboring towns:
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Town of Muscoda ( Grant County ) |
Town of Pulaski | Town of Clyde |
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Town of Castle Rock (Grant County) |
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Town of Dodgeville |
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Town of Wingville (Grant County) |
Town of Mifflin | Town of Linden |
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 80 runs north-south through the Town. In addition, the County Highways I, P, and Q lead through the area of the Town of Highland. All other roads are subordinate country roads and partly unpaved roads.
With the Iowa County Airport there is a small airfield around 25 km southeast. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 85 km southwest), Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 105 km east-northeast) and Chicago Rockford International Airport (around 180 km southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Highland had 750 people in 287 households. The population density was 4.5 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.6 people lived in each of the 287 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.
26.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.5 percent were 65 years or older. 47.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 61,776 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,998. 6.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns in the Town of Highland
Apart from scattered settlement, there is no other settlement in the Town of Highland.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 10, 2013
- ↑ Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved November 10, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - Iowa County Airport Accessed on November 9, 2013