Monticello (Lafayette County)

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Monticello
Monticello, Wisconsin
Monticello
Monticello
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Lafayette County
Coordinates : 42 ° 32 ′  N , 90 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 32 ′  N , 90 ° 8 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 133 (as of 2010)
Population density : 2.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 50.9 km 2  (approx. 20 mi 2 )
Height : 308 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-54025
GNIS ID : 1583747
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Location of the Town of Monticello in Lafayette County

The Town of Monticello is one of 18 Towns in Lafayette County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Monticello had 133 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 .

geography

The Town of Monticello is located in southwest Wisconsin, around 35 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . In the south the town borders on Illinois .

The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Monticello are 42 ° 31'58 "north latitude and 90 ° 7'40" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​50.9 km².

The Town of Monticello is in the south of Lafayette County and borders the following neighboring towns and townships:

Town of Shullsburg Town of Gratiot
Town of White Oak Springs Neighboring communities
Scales Mound Township
 
Apple River Township
( Jo Daviess County , Illinois)
Warren Township
 

traffic

The County Highways A, W and P run through the Town of Monticello. All other roads are subordinate country roads or partly unpaved roads.

The nearest airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 60 km west-southwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 120 km northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Monticello had 133 people in 49 households. The population density was 2.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.71 people each in the 49 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.2 percent white and 3.8 percent from other ethnic groups. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.3 percent were 65 years or older. 48.1 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 68,750  USD . The per capita income was $ 18,945. 10.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in the Town of Monticello

In the area of ​​the Town of Monticello there are no other settlements besides scattered settlements.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 19, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 19, 2013

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