Viola (Wisconsin)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Foundation : | 1855 (founded) 1898 (incorporated) |
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| Counties : |
Vernon County Richland County |
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| Coordinates : | 43 ° 30 ′ N , 90 ° 40 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 699 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 264.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.64 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 233 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54664 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-82900 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1576108 | ||
| Website : | vi.viola.wi.gov | ||
| Mayor : | Eugene Gabrysiak (President) | ||
Viola is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Vernon County and to a lesser extent in Richland County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Viola had 699 inhabitants.
geography
Viola is located in southwest Wisconsin on the Kickapoo River , a right tributary of the Wisconsin River which flows into the Mississippi . The intersection of the three states of Minnesota , Iowa and Wisconsin on the Mississippi is 35 miles to the west.
Viola 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 Viola are 43 ° 30'27 "north latitude and 90 ° 40'13" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 2.64 km².
Neighboring towns of Viola are La Farge (10 km north-northeast), Yuba (25.1 km east), Readstown (11.7 km southwest) and Viroqua (20.9 km west-northwest).
The closest major cities are La Crosse (70 km northwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (131 km east-southeast), Rockford , Illinois (234 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (250 km south), and Cedar Rapids , Iowa (251 km) km south-southwest).
traffic
In the center of Viola, Wisconsin State Highway 131, which runs in a north-south direction, crosses Wisconsin State Highway 56, which runs from west to east . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (80.7 km northwest), Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque , Iowa (148 km south) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (139 km east-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , 699 people in 279 households lived in Viola. The population density was 264.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 279 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.6 percent African American and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.
27.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.9 percent were 65 years or older. 52.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 36,964 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,228. 8.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 25, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on October 25, 2013
