Union (Town, Burnett County)

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Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Burnett County
Coordinates : 45 ° 56 ′  N , 92 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 56 ′  N , 92 ° 28 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 340 (as of 2010)
Population density : 3.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 98.1 km 2  (about 38 mi 2 ) of
which 89.3 km 2  (about 34 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 296 m
Area code : +1 715
FIPS : 55-81500
GNIS ID : 1584309
Mayor : Marvin Merle (Chairman)
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Location of the Town of Union in Burnett County

The Town of Union is one of 21 Towns in Burnett County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Union had 340 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 .

geography

The Town of Union is located in northwest Wisconsin on the southwest bank of the St. Croix River , which belongs to the Mississippi basin and forms the border with Minnesota .

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Union are 45 ° 56'01 "north latitude and 92 ° 28'27" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​98.1 km², which is spread over 89.3 km² of land and 8.8 km² of water.

The Town of Union is located in the west of Burnett County and is bordered by the following neighboring towns and townships:

Clover Township
( Pine County , Minnesota) 		Ogema Township
(Pine County, Minnesota) 		Town of Swiss
Crosby Township
(Pine County, Minnesota) 		Neighboring communities Town of Oakland
Town of West Marshland Town of Lincoln Town of Meenon

traffic

The County Highway F runs in a west-east direction through the town and meets the County Highway U in the east. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Burnett County Airport is located around 15 km south-east a small airfield. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (170 km south-southwest).

population

There are no settlements in the Town of Union. The population lives in single houses scattered across the entire area.

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Union had 340 people in 163 households. The population density was 3.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.09 people lived in each of the 163 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.6 percent white, 3.5 percent Native American and 0.3 percent (one person) Asian; 3.5 percent were descended from two or more races.

16.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 30.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 42,578  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,218. 21.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 6, 2013
  2. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 6, 2013

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