Mazomania (Town)

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Mazomania
Mazomania (Wisconsin)
Mazomania
Mazomania
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dane County
Coordinates : 43 ° 12 ′  N , 89 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 12 ′  N , 89 ° 46 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
1,090 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 14 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 80.3 km 2  (approx. 31 mi 2 ) of
which 78.1 km 2  (approx. 30 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 227 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-50250
GNIS ID : 1583678
Website : townofmazomanie.org
Mayor : Fred Wolf (Chairperson)
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Location of the Town of Mazomanie in Dane County

The Town of Mazomanie is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Mazomanie had 1090 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 .

The area of ​​the Town of Mazomanie is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Madison .

geography

The Town of Mazomanie is located in southern Wisconsin, in the northwest suburb of the capital Madison . The town is bounded by the Wisconsin River to the north and northwest . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located on the Mississippi and is about 145 km west-northwest; to Illinois it is around 85 km south.

The coordinates of the geographic center of the Town of Mazomanie are 43 ° 12'11 "north latitude and 89 ° 46'23" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​80.3 km², which is spread over 78.1 km² of land and 2.2 km² of water.

The Town of Mazomanie is located in northwest Dane County and borders the following neighboring towns and independent communities:

Town of Prairie du Sac
( Sauk County )
Village of Sauk City
(Sauk County)
Neighboring communities Town of Roxbury

Town of Berry
Town of Arena
( Iowa County )
Town of Black Earth

traffic

The US Highway 14 runs through the south of the Town of Mazomanie. The Wisconsin State Highway 19 and the Wisconsin State Highway 78 flow into US 14 . In addition, County Highway Y runs through the area of ​​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 .

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (45 km east).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Mazomanie had 1,090 people in 437 households. The population density was 14 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.49 people lived in each of the 437 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 1.0 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.

20.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 68.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.9 percent were 65 years or older. 46.5 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 76,875  USD . The per capita income was $ 33,076. 3.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in the Town of Mazomanie

Besides scattered settlement, there is no other settlement in the Town of Mazomanie.

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 6, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved December 6, 2013

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