South Lancaster, Wisconsin

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South Lancaster
South Lancaster, Wisconsin
South Lancaster
South Lancaster
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Grant County
Coordinates : 42 ° 48 ′  N , 90 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 48 ′  N , 90 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 843 (as of 2010)
Population density : 9.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 88 km 2  (approx. 34 mi 2 )
Height : 300 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-75075
GNIS ID : 1584178
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Location of the Town of South in Grant County

The Town of South Lancaster is one of 33 Towns of Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of South Lancaster had 843 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 South Lancaster is located southwest of Wisconsin about 15 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . The border with Illinois is around 45 km to the southeast .

The Town of South Lancaster is 42 ° 48'24 "north latitude and 90 ° 44'00" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​88 km² and covers a large part of the city of Lancaster (Wisconsin) without this being part of a town.

The Town of South Lancaster is in the center of Grant County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Little Grant Town of North Lancaster Town of Liberty
Town of Beetown Neighboring communities Town of Ellenboro
Town of Waterloo Town of Potosi Town of Harrison

traffic

The US Highway 61 and the Wisconsin State Highway 35 run expanded to four lanes on a common stretch from north to south and the Wisconsin State Highway 81 in a west-east direction through the Town of South Lancaster. The County Highways A and N also run through the area. All other roads are subordinate country roads or partially unpaved roads.

The nearest airfield is Cassville Municipal Airport, about 30 km southwest of the town .

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of South Lancaster had 843 people in 266 households. The population density was 9.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.69 people lived in each of the 266 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.7 percent white, 0.1 percent African American and 0.1 percent Asian; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.2 percent of the population.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was at 45,000  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,079. 23.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in the Town of South Lancaster

In the area of ​​the Town of South Lancaster, in addition to scattered settlement, there is also the unincorporated settlement of Hurricane .

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 12, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 12, 2013

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