Windsor (Town)

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Windsor
Windsor, Wisconsin
Windsor
Windsor
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dane County
Coordinates : 43 ° 14 ′  N , 89 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 14 ′  N , 89 ° 18 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
6,345 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 79.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 79.9 km 2  (approx. 31 mi 2 )
Height : 317 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-87750
GNIS ID : 1584454
Website : www.windsorwi.gov
Mayor : Bob Wipperfurth (Chairperson)
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Location of the Town of Windsor in Dane County

The Town of Windsor is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Windsor had 6,345 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 Windsor is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Madison .

geography

The Town of Windsor is located in southern Wisconsin, in the northern suburbs of its capital, Madison . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, located on the Mississippi , is about 190 km to the west-northwest; to Illinois it is around 90 km south.

The coordinates of the geographic center of the Town of Windsor are 43 ° 13'45 "north latitude and 89 ° 18'05" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​79.9 km².

The Town of Windsor is in the north of Dane County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Arlington
( Columbia County )
Town of Leeds
(Columbia County)
Town of Hampden
(Columbia County)
Town of Vienna

Village of DeForest
Neighboring communities Town of Bristol
Town of Westport Town of Burke City of Sun Prairie

traffic

The US Highway 51 runs north-south through the Town of Windsor. In addition, the County Highways C and V run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

A Canadian Pacific Railway runs north-south through Windsor.

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 20 km south-southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Windsor had 6,345 people in 2,432 households. The population density was 79.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.61 people lived in 2432 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.3 percent white, 1.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 2.3 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.

24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 73,023  USD . The per capita income was $ 32,500. 7.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in the Town of Windsor

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 26, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved November 26, 2013

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