Whitestown (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 ° 41 ′ N , 90 ° 37 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 502 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 5.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 90.7 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 291 m |
| Area code : | +1 608 |
| FIPS : | 55-86900 |
| GNIS ID : | 1584431 |
The Town of Whitestown is one of 21 towns in Vernon County in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Whitestown had 502 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 Whitestown is located in southwest Wisconsin and is traversed by 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, located on the Mississippi, is around 80 km to the west-southwest.
The Town of Whitestown 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 Whitestown are 43 ° 40'43 "north latitude and 90 ° 36'32" west longitude. It extends over an area of 90.7 km².
The Town of Whitestown is located in northeastern Vernon County and borders the following neighboring towns and independent communities:
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Town of Jefferson ( Monroe County ) |
Town of Sheldon (Monroe County) Village of Ontario |
Town of Wellington (Monroe County) |
| Town of Clinton |
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Town of Forest |
| Town of Webster | Town of Stark | Town of Union |
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 131 leads north-south direction through the Town of Whitestown; Wisconsin State Highway 33 runs through the northeast . In addition, the County Highways F and P run through the area of 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 75 km west-northwest), Rochester International Airport in Rochester , Minnesota (around 185 km west) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 155 km southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , the Town of Whitestown had 502 people in 193 households. The population density was 5.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.6 people lived in each of the 193 households.
Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with four exceptions. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.
26.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.5 percent were 65 years or older. 46.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 51,429 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,199. 32.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Towns in the Town of Whitestown
In addition to scattered settlement, there is also a community-free settlement in the Town of Whitestown with Rockton .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 8, 2014
- ↑ Map from Google Maps.Retrieved January 8, 2014