Kendall (Lafayette County, Wisconsin)

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Kendall
Kendall, Wisconsin
Kendall
Kendall
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Lafayette County
Coordinates : 42 ° 46 ′  N , 90 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 46 ′  N , 90 ° 14 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 454 (as of 2010)
Population density : 4.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 110.3 km 2  (approx. 43 mi 2 )
Height : 268 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-39125
GNIS ID : 1583468
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Location of the Town of Kendall in Lafayette County

The Town of Kendall is one of 18 Towns in Lafayette County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Kendall had 454 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 Kendall is located in southwest Wisconsin, around 45 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . The Illinois border is around 30 km south. The northeast of the Town of Kendall is traversed by the Pecatonica River , a tributary of the Rock River that flows into the Mississippi .

The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Kendall are 42 ° 45'37 "north latitude and 90 ° 14'00" west longitude. The town extends over an area of ​​110.3 km².

The Town of Kendall is located in the northwest of Lafayette County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Mifflin
( Iowa County )
Town of Linden,
Iowa County
Town of Mineral Point
(Iowa County)
Town of Belmont Neighboring communities Town of Willow Springs
Town of Elk Grove Town of Seymour Town of Darlington

traffic

The four-lane US Highway 151 runs through the northwest of the Town of Kendall . In addition, the county highways F, G, O and Z run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads or partly unpaved roads.

With the Platteville Municipal Airport there is a small airfield around 25 km to the west. The nearest major airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 70 km southwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 110 km east-northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Kendall had 454 people in 134 households. The population density was 4.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 3.39 people lived in each of the 134 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white and 1.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.

39.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.3 percent were 65 years or older. 46.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 52,250  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,625. 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Kendall

In the area of ​​the Town of Kendall there are scattered settlements as well as the following unincorporated settlements:

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 18, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 18, 2013

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