York (Town, Green County)

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York
York, Wisconsin
York
York
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Green County
Coordinates : 42 ° 49 ′  N , 89 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 49 ′  N , 89 ° 47 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 910 (as of 2010)
Population density : 9.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 93.2 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 )
Height : 314 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-89475
GNIS ID : 1584494
Website : www.townofyork.org
Mayor : Dan Reeson (Chairperson)
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Location of the Town of York in Green County

The Town of York is one of 16 Towns in Green County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of York had 910 inhabitants.

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 York is located in southern Wisconsin, around 35 north of the Illinois border . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located on the Mississippi and lies around 105 km to the west-southwest.

The coordinates of the geographic center of the Town of York are 42 ° 48'42 "north latitude and 89 ° 46'37" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​93.2 km².

The Town of York is located in the northwest of Green County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Moscow
( Iowa County )
Town of Perry
( Dane County )
Town of Primrose
(Dane County)
Town of Blanchard
( Lafayette County )
Neighboring communities Town of New Glarus
Town of Argyle
(Lafayette County)
Town of Adams Town of Washington

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 39 runs in a west-east direction through the north through the Town of York. In addition, the County Highways A, H and J run through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (around 60 km northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of York had 910 people in 341 households. The population density was 9.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.67 people lived in each of the 341 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.7 percent Polynesian; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.

26.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 81,583  USD . The per capita income was $ 36,096. 5.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of York

In addition to scattered settlements, Postville is a community-free settlement in the Town of York .

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 20, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps.Retrieved December 20, 2013

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