Viroqua (Town)
| Viroqua | |
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 Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Wisconsin |
| County : | Vernon County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 35 ′ N , 90 ° 51 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,718 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 13.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 125.3 km 2 (approx. 48 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 380 m |
| Area code : | +1 608 |
| FIPS : | 55-82950 |
| GNIS ID : | 1584336 |
The Town of Viroqua is one of 21 towns in Vernon County in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Viroqua had 1718 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 Viroqua is located in southwest Wisconsin, around 35 km east of the intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota on the Mississippi .
The Town of Viroqua 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 the center of the Town of Viroqua are 43 ° 34'58 "north latitude and 90 ° 50'46" west longitude. It extends over an area of 125.3 km². The Town of Viroqua encloses the independent city of Viroqua without it belonging to the town.
The Town of Viroqua is located in the center of Vernon County and borders the following neighboring towns and independent communities:
| Town of Coon |
Town of Christiana City of Westby |
Town of Clinton |
| Town of Jefferson |
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Town of Webster Town of Liberty |
| Town of Franklin | Town of Kickapoo |
traffic
The US highways 14 and 61 and the Wisconsin State Highway 27 run in a north-south direction through the Town of Viroqua. Wisconsin Highways 56 and 82 run in a west-east direction partly on a common stretch of route . In addition, the county highways B, BB, LF, NN, SS and T run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (around 60 km northwest), Rochester International Airport in Rochester , Minnesota (around 170 km west-northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 160 km east-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Viroqua had 1,718 people in 637 households. The population density was 13.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.56 people lived in each of the 637 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian 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 1.2 percent of the population.
22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 60,855 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,911. 5.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Localities in the Town of Viroqua
Apart from scattered settlement, there are no other settlements in the Town of Viroqua.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 6, 2014
- ↑ Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved January 6, 2014