Waldwick (Town)

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Waldwick
Waldwick, Wisconsin
Waldwick
Waldwick
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Iowa County
Coordinates : 42 ° 52 ′  N , 90 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 52 ′  N , 90 ° 1 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
473 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 4.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 108.6 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 )
Height : 337 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-83150
GNIS ID : 1584340
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Location of the Town of Waldwick in Iowa County

The Town of Waldwick is one of 14 Towns in Iowa County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Waldwick had 473 residents.

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 .

The area of ​​the Town of Waldwick is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Madison .

geography

The Town of Waldwick is located in southwest Wisconsin. The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota on the Mississippi is around 160 km to the northwest; to Illinois it is around 40 km south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Waldwick are 42 ° 51'47 "north latitude and 90 ° 01'21" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​108.6 km².

The Town of Waldwick is located in southeastern Iowa County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Dodgeville Town of Ridgeway Town of Brigham
Town of Mineral Point Neighboring communities Town of Moscow
Town of Willow Springs
( Lafayette County )
Town of Fayette
(Lafayette County)
Town of Blanchard
(Lafayette County)

traffic

Wisconsin State Highway 39 runs through the town in a west-east direction . Wisconsin State Highway 191 runs through the northeast . In addition, the County Highways D, S, U and W run through the area of ​​the Town of Waldwick. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

With the Iowa County Airport there is a small airfield about 20 km west-northwest. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 100 km west-southwest), Chicago Rockford International Airport (around 130 km southeast) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 85 km east-northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Waldwick had 473 people in 188 households. The population density was 4.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.49 people lived in each of the 188 households.

Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with 7 exceptions. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.2 percent (one person) of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.9 percent were 65 years or older. 45.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 67,375  USD . The per capita income was $ 30,967. 5.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in the Town of Waldwick

In addition to scattered settlements, the following unincorporated settlements exist in the Town of Waldwick :

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 12, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved November 12, 2013

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