Springdale (Town)

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Springdale
Springdale, Wisconsin
Springdale
Springdale
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dane County
Coordinates : 43 ° 0 ′  N , 89 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 0 ′  N , 89 ° 40 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
1,904 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 20.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 91.4 km 2  (approx. 35 mi 2 )
Height : 336 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-75850
GNIS ID : 1584191
Website : www.tn.springdale.wi.gov
Mayor : Ed Eloranta (Chairperson)
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Location of the Town of Springdale in Dane County

The Town of Springdale is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Springdale had 1904 inhabitants.

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 .

The area of ​​the Town of Springdale is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Madison .

geography

The Town of Springdale is located in southern Wisconsin, in the south-western suburb of the capital, Madison . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota on the Mississippi is about 180 km west-northwest; to Illinois it is around 65 km south.

The coordinates of the geographic center of the Town of Springdale are 42 ° 59'52 "north latitude and 89 ° 39'52" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​91.4 km².

The Town of Springdale is located in southwest Dane County and borders the following neighboring towns and independent communities:

Town of Vermont Town of Cross Plains Town of Middleton
Village of Mount Horeb

Town of Blue Mounds
Neighboring communities Town of Verona
Town of Perry Town of Primrose Town of Montrose

traffic

US Highways 18 and 151 run through the area of ​​the Town of Springdale in a west-east direction on a shared four-lane section . The Wisconsin State Highway 92 runs through the southwest, the County Highway G through the southeast and the County Highway S through the northwest of the Town. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

A rail trail for hikers and cyclists runs parallel to the US 18 / US 151 road through the Military Ridge State Trail on the route of a former railway line of the Chicago and North Western Railway . In winter, the hiking trail can also be used with snowmobiles.

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 35 km northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Springdale had 1,904 people in 717 households. The population density was 20.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.66 people lived in each of the 717 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.0 percent were 65 years or older. 47.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 80,417  USD . The per capita income was $ 40,328. 2.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in the Town of Springdale

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 5, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps.Retrieved December 5, 2013
  3. ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Military Ridge State Trail.Retrieved December 5, 2013

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