Mifflin (Town, Iowa County)

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Mifflin
Mifflin, Wisconsin
Mifflin
Mifflin
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Iowa County
Coordinates : 42 ° 53 ′  N , 90 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 53 ′  N , 90 ° 22 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
585 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 4.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 131.3 km 2  (approx. 51 mi 2 )
Height : 324 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-51725
GNIS ID : 1583713
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Location of the Town of Mifflin in Iowa County

The Town of Mifflin is one of 14 Towns in Iowa County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Mifflin had 585 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 Mifflin is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Madison .

geography

The Town of Mifflin is located in southwest Wisconsin. The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, located on the Mississippi , is around 130 km to the northwest; it is around 50 km south to Illinois .

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Mifflin are 42 ° 52'47 "north latitude and 90 ° 21'52" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​131.3 km². The Town of Mifflin completely surrounds the independent municipality of Rewey without it being part of the town.

The Town of Mifflin is located in the extreme southwest of Iowa County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Wingville
( Grant County )
Town of Eden
Village of Livingston

Town of Clifton
(Grant County)
Neighboring communities Town of Linden
Town of Lima
(Grant County)
Town of Belmont
( Lafayette County )
Town of Kendall
(Lafayette County)

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 80 forms the western border of the Town of Mifflin in the north. These streets intersect in the non-town of Mineral Point. In addition, the county highways A, E, G, J and X lead through the area of ​​the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads and partly unpaved roads.

With the Iowa County Airport there is a small airfield about 10 km east. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 75 km south-southwest), Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 110 km east-northeast) and Chicago Rockford International Airport (around 160 km southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Mifflin had 585 people in 211 households. The population density was 4.5 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.77 people each in the 211 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 64,167  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,974. 7.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in the Town of Mifflin

In addition to scattered settlement, the town of Mifflin also has the community-free settlement of Mifflin .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 10, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved November 10, 2013
  3. AirNav.com - Iowa County Airport Accessed on November 10, 2013

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