Wheatland (Town, Vernon County)
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 Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Wisconsin |
| County : | Vernon County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 27 ′ N , 91 ° 9 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 561 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 8.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 71.5 km 2 (approx. 28 mi 2 ) of which 68.6 km 2 (approx. 26 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 360 m |
| Area code : | +1 608 |
| FIPS : | 55-86525 |
| GNIS ID : | 1584422 |
| Website : | www.town-of-wheatland.com |
| Mayor : | Robert Streeter (Chairman) |
The Town of Wheatland is one of 21 towns in Vernon County in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Wheatland had 561 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 .
geography
The Town of Wheatland is located in southwest Wisconsin on the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota on the Mississippi is around 500 m north of the town's border.
The Town of Wheatland 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 Wheatland are 43 ° 27'11 "north latitude and 91 ° 09'22" west longitude. It extends over an area of 71.5 km², which is spread over 68.6 km² of land and 2.9 km² of water.
The Town of Wheatland is located in the extreme southwest of Vernon County and borders the following neighboring towns and townships:
| Town of Genoa | ||
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Iowa Township ( Allamakee County , Iowa) Lansing Township (Allamakee County, Iowa) |
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Town of Sterling |
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Village of De Soto |
Town of Freeman ( Crawford County ) |
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 35 , which runs along the Mississippi, forms the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road . The Wisconsin State Highway 82 coming from the east joins WIS 35. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway , the second largest railway company in the country, runs along the Mississippi for freight traffic .
The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (around 55 km north), Rochester International Airport in Rochester , Minnesota (around 165 km west-northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 180 km east-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Wheatland had 561 people in 255 households. The population density was 8.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.2 people lived in each of the 255 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 0.2 percent (one person) African American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent Polynesian; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.4 percent of the population.
17.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.0 percent were 65 years or older. 47.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 48,036 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,840. 11.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns in the Town of Wheatland
In addition to scattered settlements, the Town of Wheatland also has the following community-free settlements:
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 3, 2014
- ↑ Map from Google Maps.Retrieved January 3, 2014