Marion (Grant County, Wisconsin)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Grant County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 5 ′ N , 90 ° 43 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 572 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 6.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 92.5 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 91.7 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 305 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-49350 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1583655 | ||
 Location of the Town of Marion in Grant County |
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The Town of Marion is one of 33 Towns in Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Marion had 572 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 Marion is located in southwestern Wisconsin, on the south bank of the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the border with Iowa forming Mississippi . The Illinois border is around 70 km south.
The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Marion are 43 ° 04'31 "north latitude and 90 ° 43'26" west longitude. It extends over an area of 92.5 km², which is spread over 91.7 km² of land and 0.8 km² of water.
The Town of Marion is located in northern Grant County and borders the following neighboring towns:
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Town of Wauzeka , Town of Marietta ( Crawford County ) |
Town of Boscobel |
Town of Watterstown |
| Town of Woodman |
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Town of Hickory Grove |
| Town of Mount Ida | Town of Fennimore |
traffic
The US Highway 61 runs north-south through the Town of Marion. In addition, Wisconsin State Highway 133 and County Highways C, K and Z run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads or partly unpaved roads.
A railroad line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad runs along the Wisconsin River for freight traffic , which runs from the Mississippi to Madison and from there to Milwaukee .
With the Boscobel Airport there is a small airfield in the small town of Boscobel (around 10 km north of the Town of Marion). The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 95 km south) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 140 km east).
population
In the middle to the end of the 19th century, over 70 people from the German community of Daisbach settled in the newly founded town. Up until 1910 there were 29 households with a migration background from Daisbach.
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Marion had 572 people in 218 households. The population density was 6.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.62 people lived in each of the 218 households.
The racial the population was composed of 93.5 percent white, 0.2 percent (one person) Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 4.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.5 percent of the population.
25.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.3 percent were 65 years or older. 44.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 41,563 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,328. 25.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities in the Town of Marion
In the area of the Town of Marion there are no other settlements besides scattered settlement.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 24, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps on Histopolis.com. Accessed September 24, 2013
- ↑ Eberbach: City Archivist Marius Golgath met with research on an expatriate network. Retrieved March 27, 2020 .