Montfort (Wisconsin)

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Montfort
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Location in Wisconsin
Montfort (Wisconsin)
Montfort
Montfort
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
Counties : Grant County
Iowa County
Coordinates : 42 ° 58 ′  N , 90 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 58 ′  N , 90 ° 26 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
718 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 512.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.4 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 251 m
Postal code : 53569
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-53950
GNIS ID : 1569677

Montfort is a community (with a status of " Village ") in Grant County and a small part in Iowa County in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 Montfort had 718 inhabitants.

Montfort is part of the Madison metropolitan region .

geography

Montfort is located in southwest Wisconsin. The intersection of the three states of Minnesota , Iowa and Wisconsin is located on the Mississippi and is 118 km to the northwest. After Illinois there are 57 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of Montfort are 42 ° 58'18 "north latitude and 90 ° 25'59" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​1.4 km².

Neighboring towns of Montfort are Highland (11.6 km northeast), Cobb (9.1 km east), Linden (18.4 km east-southeast), Livingston (8.6 km south), Stitzer (20.5 km west-southwest) and Fennimore (19.4 km west).

The nearest major cities are La Crosse (143 km northwest), Green Bay (317 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (93 km east), Rockford , Illinois (165 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (179 km southwest ) and Cedar Rapids , Iowa (181 km southwest).

traffic

The US Highway 18 leads as the main street in east-west direction by Montfort. The Wisconsin State Highway 80 branches off in a south direction from US 18, while the County Highway I leaves the place in a north direction. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (153 km northwest), Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque , Iowa (78.1 km southwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (105 km east northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , 718 people in 279 households lived in Montfort. The population density was 512.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.56 people lived in each of the 279 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white and 0.8 percent African American; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.4 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 62,250  USD . The per capita income was $ 25,593. 3.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 7, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 7, 2013

Web links

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