Richland (Town, Richland County)

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Richland
Richland, Wisconsin
Richland
Richland
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Richland County
Coordinates : 43 ° 21 ′  N , 90 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 21 ′  N , 90 ° 23 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,379 (as of 2010)
Population density : 16.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 81.6 km 2  (about 32 mi 2 )
Height : 243 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-67575
GNIS ID : 1584025
Mayor : Stephen Knuth (Chairman)
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Location of the Town of Richland in Richland County

The Town of Richland is one of 16 Towns in Richland County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Richland had 1,379 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 .

geography

The Town of Richland is located in southwest Wisconsin and flows through the Pine River , a right tributary of the Wisconsin River which flows into the Mississippi . The Iowa border is 40 miles west. After Minnesota is located some 85 km north-north-west; to Illinois it is about 105 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Richland are 43 ° 20'56 "north latitude and 90 ° 22'43" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​81.6 km². The Town of Richland completely encloses the city of Richland Center without it being part of the town.

The Town of Richland is located in the center of Richland County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Marshall Town of Rockbridge Town of Willow
Town of Dayton Neighboring communities Town of Ithaca
Town of Eagle Town of Orion Town of Buena Vista

traffic

US Highway 14 runs through the town in a northwest-southeast direction . In addition, the Wisconsin State Highways 56 and 80 and the County Highways A, Q and Y run through the area of ​​the Town of Richland. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

With the Richland Airport is located just across the southeastern border of the Town, a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 125 km south-southwest), La Crosse Regional Airport (around 115 km northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 105 km east).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Richland had 1,379 people in 507 households. The population density was 16.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 507 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 1.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population.

20.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 61,023  USD . The per capita income was $ 27,163. 6.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Richland

Apart from scattered settlements, there are no other settlements in the Town of Richland.

Individual evidence

  1. Richland County - Richland ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 30, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.co.richland.wi.us
  2. ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 28, 2013
  3. Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved October 28, 2013
  4. AirNav.com - Richland Airport Accessed on 28 October 2013

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