Akan (Wisconsin)

Richland County

55-00675

The Town of Akan is one of 16 Towns in Richland County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Akan 403 inhabitants.

Town has a fundamentally different meaning than in other English-speaking area in Wisconsin. Rather, it corresponds to the usual in the other U.S. states townships that make up the next smallest administrative unit of the County.

Geography

The Town of Akan is located in southwest Wisconsin. The border with Iowa is located approximately 40 km west. According to Minnesota is approximately 65 km in the west-north- westerly direction; to Illinois, there are approximately 110 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Akan are 43 ° 19'37 " north latitude and 90 ° 37'13 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 93.5 km ².

The Town of Akan is located in the west of Richland County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:

Traffic

U.S. Highway 14 runs through the northeast of the Town of Akan; the Wisconsin State Highway 171 leads in west-east direction through the center. In addition, run nor the County Highway U, X and F by the area of ​​the Town. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.

With the Richland Airport is located approximately 30 km east-southeast of the Town, a small airfield. The next airports are the Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa ( about 130 km south), the La Crosse Regional Airport ( around 95 km north-west ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city (around 125 km east-southeast ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Akan 403 people in 168 households. The population density was 4.3 people per square kilometer. In the 168 households lived statistically 2.37 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.7 percent African Americans and 0.5 percent of Native Americans; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

18.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.6 percent were 65 years or older. 47.9 percent of the population were female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 45,000. The per capita income was $ 24,190. 15.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Akan

In addition to scattered settlements still exist in the Town of Akan following unincorporated settlements:

• Five Points
• Jimtown