Pulaski (Town)
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 The Pulaski Presbyterian Church in the northwest of the Town of Pulaski |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Iowa County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 10 ′ N , 90 ° 21 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
400 (as of 2010) 568,593 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 3.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 115.6 km 2 (approx. 45 mi 2 ) of which 112.1 km 2 (approx. 43 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 223 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53506 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-65700 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1583989 | ||
 Location of the Town of Pulaski in Iowa County |
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The Town of Pulaski is one of 14 Towns in Iowa County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Pulaski had 400 residents.
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 .
The area of the Town of Pulaski is part of the metropolitan area of Madison .
geography
The Town of Pulaski is located in southwest Wisconsin on the south bank of the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, located on the Mississippi, is around 110 km to the northwest; to Illinois it is around 80 km south.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Pulaski are 43 ° 09'34 "north latitude and 90 ° 21'01" west longitude. It extends over an area of 115.6 km², which is spread over 112.1 km² of land and 3.5 km² of water. The Town of Pulaski encloses the independent communities Muscoda (in the northwest) and Avoca (in the north) on three sides , without them belonging to the town.
The Town of Pulaski is located in the far northwest of Iowa County and borders the following neighboring towns:
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Town of Eagle ( Richland County ) Village of Muscoda |
Town of Orion (Richland County) Village of Avoca |
Town of Buena Vista (Richland County) |
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Town of Muscoda ( Grant County ) |
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Town of Clyde |
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Town of Castle Rock (Grant County) |
Town of Highland |
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 133 , which runs along the Wisconsin River, runs through the town in a west-east direction. From this the Wisconsin State Highway 80 branches off to the south. In addition, the County Highways N and P lead through the area of the Town of Pulaski. All other roads are subordinate country roads and partly unpaved roads.
A railroad line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad runs along the Wisconsin River for freight traffic , which runs from the Mississippi to Madison and from there to Milwaukee .
The nearest airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 100 km south-southwest), Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 100 km east) and Chicago Rockford International Airport (around 190 km south-east).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Pulaski had 400 people in 159 households. The population density was 3.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 159 households.
The racial the population was composed of 93.8 percent white, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian, 0.3 percent Polynesians and 1.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.3 percent were 65 years or older. 45.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 48,036 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,598. 17.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities in the Town of Pulaski
Apart from scattered settlement, there is no other settlement in the Town of Pulaski.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 13, 2013
- ↑ Map from Google Maps.Retrieved November 13, 2013