Sylvan (Town)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Foundation : | 1853 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Richland County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 24 ′ N , 90 ° 36 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 555 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 5.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 93.5 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 367 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-78825 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1584263 | ||
| Mayor : | Keith Chamberlain (Chairman) | ||
 Location of the Town of Sylvan in Richland County |
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The Town of Sylvan is one of 16 Towns in Richland County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Sylvan had 555 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 Sylvan is located in southwest Wisconsin. The Iowa border is 45 km to the west. After Minnesota is approximately 60 km west-north-west; to Illinois it is around 120 km to the south.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Sylvan are 43 ° 24'20 "north latitude and 90 ° 36'11" west longitude. It extends over an area of 93.5 km².
The Town of Sylvan is located to the west of Richland County and borders the following neighboring towns:
| Town of Forest | Town of Bloom | |
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Town of Liberty ( Vernon County ) Town of Kickapoo (Vernon County) |
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Town of Marshall |
| Town of Akan | Town of Dayton |
traffic
The US Highway 14 runs northwest-southeast direction through the south of the Town of Sylvan. In addition, the County Highways G and U run through the area of the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.
With Richland Airport, there is a small airfield around 35 km east-southeast of the town. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 150 km south), La Crosse Regional Airport (around 90 km northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 131 km east-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Sylvan had 555 people in 183 households. The population density was 5.9 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 3.01 people lived in each of the 183 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.2 percent African American and 0.5 percent Native American; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
31.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.2 percent were 65 years or older. 46.7 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 35,563 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,465. 33.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns in the Town of Sylvan
In addition to scattered settlements, the following non-parish settlements exist in the Town of Sylvan :
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richland County - Sylvan ( Memento of the original from November 2, 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
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved October 30, 2013
- ↑ Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved October 30, 2013
