Orion (Town, Richland County)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Richland County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 15 ′ N , 90 ° 22 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 579 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 6.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 93.8 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 92.7 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 273 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-60350 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1583871 | ||
| Mayor : | Ryan Keller (Chairman) | ||
 Location of the Town of Orion in Richland County |
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The Town of Orion is one of 16 Towns in Richland County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Orion had 579 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 Orion is located in southwest Wisconsin on the north bank of the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The Iowa border is 40 miles west. After Minnesota is approximately 95 km to the northwest; by Illinois is approximately 95 km to the south.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Orion are 43 ° 15'28 "north latitude and 90 ° 22'15" west longitude. It extends over an area of 93.8 km², which is spread over 92.7 km² of land and 1.1 km² of water.
The Town of Orion is located in the south of Richland County and borders the following neighboring towns:
| Town of Dayton | Town of Richland | Town of Ithaca |
| Town of Eagle |
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Town of Buena Vista |
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Town of Muscoda , Village of Muscoda ( Grant County ) |
Town of Pulaski ( Iowa County ) |
Town of Clyde, Iowa County |
traffic
US Highway 14 runs through the northeast of the town ; The Wisconsin State Highway 80 runs through the extreme northwest corner . The Wisconsin State Highway 60 runs along the Wisconsin River . All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.
With the Richland Airport is located just across the northeastern boundary of the Town, a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 120 km south-southwest), La Crosse Regional Airport (around 120 km northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 100 km east).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Orion had 579 people in 233 households. The population density was 6.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.48 people lived in each of the 233 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.
22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.3 percent were 65 years or older. 48.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 56,354 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,757. 6.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities in the Town of Orion
In addition to scattered settlements, the following non-parish settlements exist in the Town of Orion :
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richland County - Orion ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 30, 2013
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved October 30, 2013
- ↑ Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved October 28, 2013
