York (Town, Dane County)

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York
York Town Hall
York Town Hall
Location in Wisconsin
York, Wisconsin
York
York
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dane County
Coordinates : 43 ° 14 ′  N , 89 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 14 ′  N , 89 ° 4 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
652 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 93 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 )
Height : 280 m
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-89450
GNIS ID : 1584493
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Location of the Town of York in Dane County

The Town of York is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of York had 652 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 York is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Madison .

geography

The Town of York is located in southern Wisconsin, in the northeastern suburb of the capital Madison . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota on the Mississippi is about 215 km to the west; to Illinois it is around 85 km south.

The coordinates of the geographic center of the Town of York are 43 ° 14'23 "north latitude and 89 ° 04'00" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​93 km².

The Town of York is located in the far northeast of Dane County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Hampden
( Columbia County )
Town of Columbus
(Columbia County)
Town of Elba
( Dodge County )
Town of Bristol Neighboring communities Town of Portland
(Dodge County)
Town of Sun Prairie Town of Medina Town of Waterloo
( Jefferson County )

traffic

The four-lane US Highway 151 runs through the northwest of the Town of York . The Wisconsin State Highway 89 runs through the north-west; the Wisconsin State Highway 73 runs from north to south direction through the center of 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 30 km west-southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of York had 652 people in 246 households. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.65 people lived in each of the 246 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 1.5 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

21.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 69,000  USD . The per capita income was $ 26,104. 6.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in the Town of York

In addition to scattered settlement, the town of York also has the non- parish York Center .

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 17, 2013
  2. Map from Google Maps. Retrieved December 17, 2013

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