Little Grant

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Little Grant
Little Grant (Wisconsin)
Little Grant
Little Grant
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Grant County
Coordinates : 42 ° 54 ′  N , 90 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 54 ′  N , 90 ° 50 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 283 (as of 2010)
Population density : 3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 93.3 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 )
Height : 268 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-45025
GNIS ID : 1583583
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Location of the Town of Little Grant in Grant County

The Town of Little Grant is one of 33 Towns in Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Little Grant had 283 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 Little Grant is located in southwest Wisconsin, around 15 km east of the Mississippi and also around 15 km southeast of the Wisconsin River .

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Little Grant are 42 ° 54'14 "north latitude and 90 ° 50'21" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​93.3 km².

The Town of Little Grant is located in the northwest center of Grant County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Mount Hope Town of Mount Ida
Town of Patch Grove

Town of Bloomington
Neighboring communities Town of North Lancaster
Town of Beetown Town of South Lancaster

traffic

County Highways A and J converge in the Town of Little Grant. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Cassville Municipal Airport there is a small airfield around 35 km southwest. The nearest major airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (160 km east).

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 283 in 102 households in the Town of Little Grant. The population density was 3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.77 people each in the 102 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.4 percent (one person) Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 2.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.1 percent of the population.

29.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.5 percent were 65 years or older. 46.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 53,000  USD . The per capita income was $ 25,304. 22.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Little Grant

In the area of ​​the Town of Little Grant there are no other settlements besides scattered settlement.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 10, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 10, 2013

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