Readstown
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1849 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Vernon County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 27 ′ N , 90 ° 46 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 415 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 90.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 4.6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 4.6 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 232 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 54652 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-66450 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1572122 | ||
| Website : | vi.readstown.wi.gov | ||
| Mayor : | David Edgar | ||
Readstown is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Vernon County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Readstown had 415 residents.
geography
Readstown is at 43 ° 26'55 "north latitude and 90 ° 45'39" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 4.6 km², which consists exclusively of land.
Readstown is 25 miles east of the Mississippi River , which forms the border with Iowa . A few kilometers upstream are the interfaces of the three states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota .
Readstown is located in the Ice Age-shaped region called the Driftless Area , which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois. During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.
After Chicago , there are about Wisconsin's capital Madison 379 km to the southeast. Minneapolis , the largest city of Minnesota, is 312 km to the northwest, and the Quad Cities are 240 km to the south.
traffic
US Highways 14 and 61 and Wisconsin Highway 131 meet in Readstown . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (77.6 km northwest), Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque , Iowa (137 km south), and Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (142 km east-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Readstown had 415 people in 186 households. The population density was 90.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.2 people lived in each of the 186 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.4 percent white, 1.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American and 1.0 percent Asian; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.
20.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.0 percent were 65 years or older. 54.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was at 30,000 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,632. 20.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ^ Find a County
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 24, 2013
- ↑ a b Google Maps