Sterling (Town, Vernon County)
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 Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States |
| State : | Wisconsin |
| County : | Vernon County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 28 ′ N , 91 ° 2 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 633 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 5.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 117.7 km 2 (approx. 45 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 339 m |
| Area code : | +1 608 |
| FIPS : | 55-77075 |
| GNIS ID : | 1584219 |
The Town of Sterling is one of 21 towns in Vernon County in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Sterling had 633 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 Sterling is located in southwest Wisconsin, around 15 km east of the intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota on the Mississippi .
The Town of Sterling is located in the Ice Age-shaped region called the Driftless Area , which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois. During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Sterling are 43 ° 28'14 "north latitude and 91 ° 02'06" west longitude. It extends over an area of 117.7 km².
The Town of Sterling is located in southwest Vernon County and borders the following neighboring towns:
| Town of Genoa | Town of Harmony | Town of Jefferson |
| Town of Wheatland |
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Town of Franklin |
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Town of Freeman ( Crawford County ) |
Town of Utica (Crawford County) |
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 82 runs in a west-east direction through the center of the Town of Sterling. In addition, the county highways N and NN run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (around 60 km north-northwest), Rochester International Airport in Rochester , Minnesota (around 170 km west-northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 170 km east-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Sterling had 633 people in 233 households. The population density was 5.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.72 people each in the 233 households.
Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with five exceptions. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.
28.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.0 percent were 65 years or older. 48.7 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 43,911 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,223. 16.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns in the Town of Sterling
In addition to scattered settlements, the following non-parish settlements exist in the Town of Sterling :
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 7, 2014
- ↑ Map from Google Maps.Retrieved January 7, 2014