Wyoming (Town, Iowa County)

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Wyoming
Wyoming (Wisconsin)
Wyoming
Wyoming
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Iowa County
Coordinates : 43 ° 7 ′  N , 90 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 7 ′  N , 90 ° 7 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
302 (status: 2010)
568,593 (status: 2010)
Population density : 2.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 105.8 km 2  (approx. 41 mi 2 ) of
which 103.0 km 2  (approx. 40 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 263 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-89350
GNIS ID : 1584490
Website : townofwyoming.org
Mayor : John Hess (Chairman)
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Location of the Town of Wyoming in Iowa County

The Town of Wyoming is one of 14 Towns in Iowa County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Wyoming had 302 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 Wyoming is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Madison .

geography

The Town of Wyoming is located in southwest Wisconsin, on the south bank of the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, located on the Mississippi, is around 130 km west-northwest; to Illinois it is around 80 km south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Wyoming are 43 ° 07'18 "north latitude and 90 ° 06'32" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​105.8 km², which is spread over 103 km² of land and 2.8 km² of water.

The Town of Arena is located in northern Iowa County and is bordered by the following neighboring towns:

Town of Buena Vista
( Richland County )
Town of Spring Green
( Sauk County )
Town of Clyde Neighboring communities Town of Arena
Town of Dodgeville Town of Ridgeway

traffic

Wisconsin State Highway 23 runs through the town from northeast to southwest . The County Highway C runs along the Wisconsin River. In addition, the County Highways T and Z run through the area of ​​the Town of Wyoming. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

The nearest airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (around 110 km southwest), Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 70 km east) and Chicago Rockford International Airport (around 170 km southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Wyoming had 302 people in 131 households. The population density was 2.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.31 people lived in each of the 131 households.

The racial the population was 97.7 percent white and 2.3 percent of two or more races.

19.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.2 percent were 65 years or older. 45.4 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 50,417  USD . The per capita income was $ 32,423. 4.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of Wyoming

In addition to scattered settlement, the town of Wyoming also has the community-free settlement of Wyoming .

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 13, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps on Histopolis.com.Retrieved November 13, 2013

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