Middleton (Town)

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Middleton
Middleton, Wisconsin
Middleton
Middleton
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dane County
Coordinates : 43 ° 5 ′  N , 89 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 5 ′  N , 89 ° 33 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
5,877 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 128.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 45.8 km 2  (approx. 18 mi 2 )
Height : 344 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-51600
GNIS ID : 1583712
Website : town.middleton.wi.us
Mayor : Milo Breunig (Chairperson)
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Location of the Town of Middleton in Dane County

The Town of Middleton is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Middleton had 5877 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 Middleton is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Madison .

geography

The Town of Middleton is located in southern Wisconsin, in the western suburbs of its capital Madison . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, located on the Mississippi , is around 170 km west-northwest; to Illinois it is around 75 km south.

The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Middleton are 43 ° 04'42 "north latitude and 89 ° 33'23" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​45.8 km².

The Town of Middleton is located in the center of Dane County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Berry Town of Springfield City of Middleton
Town of Cross Plains Neighboring communities City of Madison
Town of Springdale Town of Verona

traffic

The US Highway 14 runs west-east direction through the north of the Town of Middleton. In addition, the County Highways M and S run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 35 km northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Middleton had 5,877 people in 1996 households. The population density was 128.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.93 people each in the 1996 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.2 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 2.5 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

29.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 122,754  USD . The per capita income was $ 81,306. 2.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Middleton

In addition to scattered settlements, West Middleton is a community-free settlement in the Town of Middleton .

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 26, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved November 26, 2013

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