Willow, Wisconsin

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Willow
Willow, Wisconsin
Willow
Willow
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Richland County
Coordinates : 43 ° 26 ′  N , 90 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 26 ′  N , 90 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 579 (as of 2010)
Population density : 6.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 92.8 km 2  (about 36 mi 2 )
Height : 261 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-87250
GNIS ID : 1584441
Mayor : John McNurlin (Chairman)
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Location of the Town of Willow in Richland County

The Town of Willow is one of 16 Towns in Richland County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Willow had 579 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 Willow is located in southwest Wisconsin. The Iowa border is 85 km to the west. After Minnesota is about 105 km west-north-west; to Illinois it is about 125 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Willow are 43 ° 26'15 "north latitude and 90 ° 15'01" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​92.8 km².

The Town of Willow is located in northeast Richland County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Henrietta Town of Westford Town of Ironton
( Sauk County )
Town of Rockbridge Neighboring communities Town of Washington
(Sauk County)
Town of Richland Town of Ithaca Town of Bear Creek
(Sauk County)

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 58 runs north-south through the town of Willow. In the south of the town, the Wisconsin State Highway 154, coming from the east, joins the WI 58. In addition, the County Highways D and K run through the area of ​​the Town of Willow. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

With the Richland Airport there is a small airfield around 15 km south-southwest of the town. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 150 km south-southwest), La Crosse Regional Airport (around 130 km west-northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 105 km east-southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Willow had 579 people in 195 households. The population density was 6.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.9 people lived in each of the 195 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.2 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.3 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

26.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. 44.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 53,077  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,290. 2.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Willow

In addition to scattered settlement, Loyd , a community-free settlement, also exists in the Town of Willow .

Individual evidence

  1. Richland County - Willow ( November 1, 2013 memento on the Internet Archive ). Retrieved October 30, 2013
  2. a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved October 30, 2013
  3. Map from Google Maps.Retrieved October 30, 2013

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