Taylor (Wisconsin)

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Taylor
Taylor (Wisconsin)
Taylor
Taylor
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Jackson County
Coordinates : 44 ° 19 ′  N , 91 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 19 ′  N , 91 ° 7 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 476 (as of 2010)
Population density : 251.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.89 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 272 m
Postal code : 54659
Area code : +1 715
FIPS : 55-79150
GNIS ID : 1575268

Taylor is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Jackson County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Taylor had 476 residents.

geography

Taylor is located in western Wisconsin on the south bank of the Trempealeau River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . This forms the border with Minnesota around 60 km west .

The geographical coordinates of Taylor are 44 ° 19'16 "north latitude and 91 ° 07'12" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​1.89 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Springfield without belonging to it.

Taylor's neighbors are Northfield (14 miles north), Hixton (8 miles northeast), Black River Falls (15 miles east), Melrose (17 miles southeast), Ettrick (16 miles southwest) , Blair (11.7 km west-southwest), Whitehall (14.4 km west-northwest), and Pigeon Falls (10.9 km north-northwest).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (293 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (237 km southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (345 km in the same direction), La Crosse on the Mississippi (80.1 km south), Rochester in Minnesota (140 km west southwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (209 km west northwest) and Eau Claire (78.1 km northwest).

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 95 , which runs along the north bank of the Trempealeau River, runs past the northern outskirts of Taylor. County Highways P and N meet in the center of Taylor. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Canadian National Railway running along the south bank of the Trempealeau River runs through the local area of ​​Taylor.

The nearest airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (230 km southeast) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (225 km west-northwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Taylor had 476 people in 212 households. The population density was 251.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically speaking, 2.25 people lived in each of the 212 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American and 0.2 percent Asian; 0.2 percent were descended from two or more races . Regardless of ethnicity, 3.4 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 30,865  USD . The per capita income was $ 17,102. 32.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 20, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 20, 2014
  3. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB). Accessed February 20, 2014

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