Rockbridge (Town)

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Rockbridge
Rockbridge, Wisconsin
Rockbridge
Rockbridge
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Richland County
Coordinates : 43 ° 25 ′  N , 90 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 25 ′  N , 90 ° 22 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 734 (as of 2010)
Population density : 7.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 93.7 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 )
Height : 263 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-68675
GNIS ID : 1584050
Mayor : Scott Banker (Chairman)
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Location of the Town of Rockbridge in Richland County

The Town of Rock Bridge is one of 16 Towns in Richland County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Rockbridge had 734 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 Rockbridge is located in southwest Wisconsin and the Pine River flows through it, a right tributary of the Wisconsin River which flows into the Mississippi . The Iowa border is 90 km to the west. After Minnesota there are about 95 km north-north-west; to Illinois it is around 120 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Rockbridge are 43 ° 25'24 "north latitude and 90 ° 22'13" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​93.7 km².

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

Town of Bloom Town of Henrietta Town of Westford
Town of Marshall Neighboring communities Town of Willow
Town of Dayton Town of Richland Town of Ithaca

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 80 runs north-south through the Town of Rockbridge. In the south of the town, the Wisconsin State Highway 56, coming from the northwest, joins the WI 80. In addition, the County Highways D and I run through the area of ​​the Town of Rockbridge. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

With Richland Airport there is a small airfield around 20 km south of the town. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 140 km south-southwest), La Crosse Regional Airport (around 110 km northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 120 km east-southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Rockbridge had 734 people in 293 households. The population density was 7.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 293 households.

Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with 5 exceptions. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.1 percent (one person) of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.3 percent were 65 years or older. 47.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 58,958  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,663. 7.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Rockbridge

In addition to scattered settlements following exist in the Town of Rockbridge unincorporated settlements:

Individual evidence

  1. Richland County - Rockbridge ( 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 29, 2013
  3. Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved October 29, 2013

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