Scott (Town, Crawford County)
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Location in Wisconsin
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Basic data | ||
State : | United States | |
State : | Wisconsin | |
County : | Crawford County | |
Coordinates : | 43 ° 15 ′ N , 90 ° 43 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | |
Residents : | 462 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 5 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 92.4 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) | |
Height : | 329 m | |
Area code : | +1 608 | |
FIPS : | 55-72275 | |
GNIS ID : | 1584116 | |
Location of the Town of Scott in Crawford County |
The Town of Scott is one of eleven Towns in Crawford County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Scott had 462 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 Scott is located in southwest Wisconsin. The town is just a few miles north of the Wisconsin River and west of the Kickapoo River . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located on the Mississippi and is about 60 km to the northwest.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Scott are 43 ° 15'13 "north latitude and 90 ° 43'10" west longitude. It extends over an area of 92.4 km².
The Town of Scott is located in the east of Crawford County and borders the following neighboring towns:
Town of Clayton |
Town of Akan ( Richland County ) |
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Town of Haney |
Town of Richwood (Richland County) |
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Town of Marietta |
traffic
US Highway 61 runs through the town in a north-south direction . In addition, the County Highway S runs in a west-east direction through the south of the Town of Scott. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.
With Boscobel Airport there is a small airfield around 15 to the south. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 110 km south), La Crosse Regional Airport (around 100 km north-northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 130 km east).
population
Town of Scott had 462 people in 183 households according to the 2010 census . The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.52 people lived in each of the 183 households.
Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with two exceptions.
19.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 46,136 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,742. 11.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns in the Town of Scott
In addition to scattered settlements, the following non-parish settlements exist in the Town of Scott :
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 23, 2013
- ↑ Map from Google Maps.Retrieved October 23, 2013