Vernon County, Wisconsin

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Vernon County Courthouse
Vernon County Courthouse
administration
US state : Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters : Viroqua
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
Courthouse Annex
Viroqua, WI 54665-0000
Foundation : 1851
Made up from: Crawford County
Richland County
Area code : 001 608
Demographics
Residents : 29,773  (2010)
Population density : 14.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2114 km²
Water surface : 56 km²
map
Map of Vernon County within Wisconsin
Website : www.vernoncounty.org

The Vernon County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 29,773 people and a population density of 14.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Viroqua .

geography

The county is located in central southwest Wisconsin, in the Driftless Area known as the Ice Age-shaped region that 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.

Vernon County is bounded to the west by the Mississippi , which also forms the natural border between Wisconsin and Iowa and Minnesota . Vernom County covers an area of ​​2,114 square kilometers, of which 56 square kilometers are water.

The following neighboring counties border Vernon County:

La Crosse County Monroe County Juneau County
Houston County,
Minnesota
Compass card (de) .svg Sauk County
Allamakee County,
Iowa
Crawford County Richland County

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 28,351 -
1910 28,116 -0.8%
1920 29,252 4%
1930 28,537 -2.4%
1940 29,940 4.9%
1950 27,906 -6.8%
1960 25,663 -8th %
1970 24,557 -4.3%
1980 25,642 4.4%
1990 25,617 -0.1%
2000 28,056 9.5%
2010 29,773 6.1%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

Vernon County was formed in 1851 from parts of Crawford County and Richland Counties as Bad Ax County . It was later renamed after the Mount Vernon manor , home of George Washington .

population

According to the 2010 census , Vernon County had 29,773 people in 11,737 households. The population density was 14.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 11,737 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

25.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,676  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,183. 15.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Vernon County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in Crawford County
2 - partly in Richland County

structure

Vernon County is divided into 21 towns in addition to the three cities and nine villages :

Town Pop.
(2010)
FIPS
Mountains 1364    55-06900
Christiana 931    55-14675
Clinton 1358    55-15675
Coon 728    55-16875
Forest 634    55-26550
Franklin 1140    55-27400
Genoa 789    55-28650
Greenwood 847    55-31625
Hamburg 973    55-32225
Harmony 755    55-32725
Hillsboro 807    55-34850
Town Pop.
(2010)
FIPS
Jefferson 1143    55-37975
Kickapoo 626    55-39475
Liberty 252    55-43900
Strong 363    55-76725
sterling 633    55-77075
union 700    55-81675
Viroqua 1718    55-82950
Webster 778    55-85050
Wheatland 561    55-86525
Whitestown 502    55-86900

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vernon County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Vernon County, WI. Retrieved December 23, 2013
  3. a b National Association of Counties.Retrieved December 23, 2013
  4. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. Missouri Census Data Center - Wisconsin ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 23, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mcdc.missouri.edu

Web links

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Coordinates: 43 ° 35 ′  N , 90 ° 50 ′  W