Potosi (Town)

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Potosi
Potosi, Wisconsin
Potosi
Potosi
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Grant County
Coordinates : 42 ° 40 ′  N , 90 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 40 ′  N , 90 ° 43 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 849 (as of 2010)
Population density : 7.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 149.4 km 2  (approx. 58 mi 2 ) of
which 120.2 km 2  (approx. 46 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 277 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-64650
GNIS ID : 1583964
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Location of the Town of Potosi in Grant County

The Town of Potosi is one of 33 Towns in Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Potosi had 849 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 Potosi is located in southwest Wisconsin not far from the interface of the three states of Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa . The Mississippi forms the border between Wisconsin and Illinois and Iowa. In the center of the Town of Potosi is the completely enclosed place Potosi , which does not belong to the town. In the extreme southeast of the town lies the confluence of the Platte River with the Mississippi.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Potosi are 42 ° 40'04 "north latitude and 90 ° 42'57" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​149.4 km², which is spread over 120.2 km² of land and 29.1 km² of water.

The Town of Potosi is located in the southwest of Grant County and borders the following neighboring towns and townships:

Town of Beetown Town of South Lancaster Town of Ellenboro
Town of Waterloo Neighboring communities Town of Harrison

Town of Paris
Jefferson Township
( Dubuque County ,  Iowa ) 		Peru Township
(Dubuque County, Iowa) 		Town of Jamestown
 

traffic

The US Highway 61 and the Wisconsin State Highway 35 run on a common stretch of road through the northeast of the Town of Potosi. Coming from the northwest, Wisconsin State Highway 133 reaches its southern end in Potosi. In their course parallel to the Mississippi, all three streets form the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road . Furthermore, the County Highways O and U lead through the area of ​​the Town of Potosi. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A BNSF Railway runs along the Mississippi .

The Dubuque Regional Airport is around 40 km south of Iowa's third largest airport in terms of passenger volume.

Localities in the Town of Potosi

In addition to scattered settlements, there are the following non-parish settlements:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ American Fact Finder.Retrieved September 12, 2013
  2. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved September 12, 2013
  3. ↑ List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost (PDF; 2.1 MB) ( Memento from September 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed on September 12, 2013

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