Ithaca (Town)

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Ithaca
Ithaca (Wisconsin)
Ithaca
Ithaca
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Richland County
Coordinates : 43 ° 20 ′  N , 90 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′  N , 90 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 619 (as of 2010)
Population density : 6.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 93.3 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 )
Height : 240 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-37500
GNIS ID : 1583439
Mayor : David Wanless (Chairman)
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Location of the Town of Ithaca in Richland County

The Town of Ithaca is one of 16 Towns in Richland County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Ithaca had 619 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 Ithaca is located in southwest Wisconsin. The Iowa border is 50 miles west. After Minnesota there are about 100 km west-north-westerly direction, according to Illinois about 115 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Ithaca are 43 ° 20'24 "north latitude and 90 ° 15'12" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​93.3 km².

The Town of Ithaca is located in the east of Richland County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Rockbridge
 
Town of Willow
 
Town of Washington
( Sauk County )
Town of Richland Neighboring communities Town of Bear Creek
(Sauk County)
Town of Orion Town of Buena Vista

traffic

Wisconsin State Highway 58 runs through the west of the town in a north-south direction . The Wisconsin State Highway 130 runs through the southeast corner of the Town. In addition, the County Highways BA and T run through the area of ​​the Town of Ithaca. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

With Richland Airport there is a small airfield just beyond the southern border of the town. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 140 km south-southwest), La Crosse Regional Airport (around 130 km northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 95 km east-southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Ithaca had 619 people in 247 households. The population density was 6.6 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 247 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Polynesian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 64,196  US dollars . The per capita income was $ 24,973. 1.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in the Town of Ithaca

In addition to scattered settlements, the following non-parish settlements exist in the Town of Ithaca :

Individual evidence

  1. Richland County - Ithaca ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 30, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.co.richland.wi.us
  2. ^ A b American Fact Finder , accessed October 29, 2013
  3. ^ Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com , accessed October 29, 2013

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