Monticello (Green County, Wisconsin)

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Monticello
Monticello, Wisconsin
Monticello
Monticello
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Green County
Coordinates : 42 ° 45 ′  N , 89 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 45 ′  N , 89 ° 36 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,217 (as of 2010)
Population density : 397.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.06 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 255 m
Postal code : 53570
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-54000
GNIS ID : 1581562
John C. and Barbara Steinman House.jpg
The John C. and Barbara Steinman House in Monticello, listed in the NRHP since 2003

Monticello is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Green County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Monticello had 1217 inhabitants.

geography

Monticello is located in south central Wisconsin, 18 miles north of the Illinois border . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located on the Mississippi and is 105 km to the west-southwest.

The geographical coordinates of Monticello are 42 ° 44'44 "north latitude and 89 ° 35'41" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​3.06 km².

The neighboring towns of Monticello are Exeter (5.8 km northeast), Belleville (15.8 km in the same direction), Brooklyn (28.6 km northeast), Evansville (28.3 km east), Albany (16.9 km east-southeast), Monroe (18 km south-south-west), Argyle (26.1 km west-south-west) and New Glarus (9.2 km north-north-west).

The closest major cities are Wisconsin's capital, Madison (30 miles northeast), Milwaukee (168 km east northeast), Chicago , Illinois (221 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (90 km southeast), and the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (206 km southwest).

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 69 runs along the western outskirts of Monticello. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The Sugar River State Trail runs through Monticello , a rail trail for hikers and cyclists that follows the route of a former railway line . In winter, the hiking trail can also be used with snowmobiles.

The nearest airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (58.8 km northeast) and Chicago Rockford International Airport (98.3 km southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , Monticello had 1,217 people in 538 households. The population density was 397.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 538 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.

24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.4 percent were 65 years or older. 52.0 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 50,556  USD . The per capita income was $ 25,682. 4.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 03001215. Accessed December 19, 2013
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 19, 2013
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 19, 2013
  4. ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Sugar River State Trail.Retrieved December 19, 2013

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