Mineral Point (Town)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Iowa County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 52 ′ N , 90 ° 9 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,033 (as of 2010) 568,593 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 6.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 153.1 km 2 (about 59 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 328 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-53125 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1583726 | ||
 Location of the Town of Mineral Point in Iowa County |
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The Town of Mineral Point is one of 14 Towns in Iowa County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Mineral Point had 1,033 residents.
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 Mineral Point is part of the metropolitan area of Madison .
geography
The Town of Mineral Point is located in southwest Wisconsin. The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota on the Mississippi is around 150 km to the northwest; to Illinois it is around 45 km south.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Mineral Point are 42 ° 52'02 "north latitude and 90 ° 09'07" west longitude. It extends over an area of 153.1 km². The Town of Mineral Point completely encloses the City of Mineral Point without it belonging to the Town.
The Town of Mineral Point is located in southern Iowa County and borders the following neighboring towns:
| Town of Linden | Town of Dodgeville | |
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Town of Waldwick | |
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Town of Kendall ( Lafayette County ) |
Town of Willow Springs, Lafayette County |
Town of Fayette (Lafayette County) |
traffic
The US Highway 151 runs from north to south-west by the Town of Mineral Point. The Wisconsin State Highway 23 runs in a north-south direction, the Wisconsin State Highway 39 runs from west to east. These streets intersect in the non-town of Mineral Point. In addition, the county highways D, O, S and Y run through the area of the Town of Dodgeville. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.
With the Iowa County Airport there is a small airfield immediately behind the northwestern border of the town. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 75 km southwest), Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 90 km east-northeast) and Chicago Rockford International Airport (around 145 km southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Mineral Point had 1,033 people in 364 households. The population density was 6.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.83 people lived in each of the 364 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.
31.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 65,481 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,789. 3.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities in the Town of Mineral Point
Apart from scattered settlements, there are no other settlements in the Town of Mineral Point.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 9, 2013
- ↑ Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved November 9, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - Iowa County Airport Accessed on November 9, 2013