Marietta (Wisconsin)

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Marietta
Marietta (Wisconsin)
Marietta
Marietta
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Crawford County
Coordinates : 43 ° 9 ′  N , 90 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 9 ′  N , 90 ° 47 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 470 (as of 2010)
Population density : 3.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 124.4 km 2  (approx. 48 mi 2 ) of
which 121.7 km 2  (approx. 47 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 316 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-49275
GNIS ID : 1583653
MapHighlightingTownOfMariettaCrawfordCtWI.jpg
Location of the Town of Marietta in Crawford County

The Town of Marietta is one of eleven Towns in Crawford County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Marietta had 470 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 Marietta is located in southwest Wisconsin, on the north bank of the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . This forms the approximately 40 km west of the border with Iowa . To the west, the town borders the Kickapoo River . After Minnesota there are 75 km to the northwest; the border with Illinois runs 85 south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Marietta are 43 ° 09'23 "north latitude and 90 ° 47'04" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​124.4 km², which is spread over 121.7 km² of land and 2.7 km² of water.

The Town of Marietta is located in the east of Crawford County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Haney Town of Scott Town of Richwood
( Richland County )
Village of Steuben

Town of Eastman
Neighboring communities Town of Boscobel
( Grant County )
Town of Wauzeka Town of Woodman
(Grant County)
Town of Marion
(Grant County)

traffic

US Highway 61 runs through the town in a north-south direction . The Wisconsin State Highway 60 runs along the Wisconsin River, while the Wisconsin State Highway 131 runs through the west of the area of ​​the Town of Marietta in a north-south direction . All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

With the Boscobel Airport there is a small airfield around 10 to the east. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 105 km south), La Crosse Regional Airport (around 120 km north-northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 130 km east).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Marietta had 470 people in 198 households. The population density was 3.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.36 people lived in each of the 198 households.

Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with two exceptions. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.2 percent (one person) of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

19.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 43,864  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,427. 4.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in the Town of Marietta

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved October 31, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps.Retrieved October 31, 2013

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