Albany (Wisconsin)

Green County

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Albany is a municipality ( with a status of "Village" ) in Green County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Albany had 1018 inhabitants.

Geography

Albany is located in south central Wisconsin, 25.9 km north of the border to Illinois. The city is located on both sides of the Sugar River, which belongs on the Pecatonica River and the Rock River to the basin of the Mississippi. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois situated 114 km west-southwest.

The geographical coordinates of Albany are 42 ° 42'28 " north latitude and 89 ° 26'13 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 3.39 km ². The place is completely surrounded by the Town of Albany, without belonging to it.

The nearby towns of Albany are Brooklyn ( 21.6 km NNE ), Evansville (19,1 km northeast), Footville ( 21.6 km east-southeast ), Orfordville (21,3 km southeast), Brodhead (14 km south-southeast ), Judah ( 17.7 km SSW ), Monroe (24,5 km southwest), Monticello ( 16.9 km WNW ) and Exeter (21,4 km northwest ).

The nearest big cities are the capital of Wisconsin Madison (47 km north), Milwaukee (154 km east-northeast ), Chicago (205 km southeast) and Rockford ( 71.5 km SSE ).

Traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 59 runs north -south direction as the main road through Albany. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

By Albany the Sugar River State Trail, a running on the route of a former railway line Rail Trail runs for walkers and cyclists. In the winter the trail can be traveled with snowmobiles.

The nearest airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 57.5 km to the north) and Chicago Rockford International Airport ( 80.7 km SSE ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Albany in 1018 people in 434 households. The population density was 300.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 434 households lived statistically 2.35 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.7 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.7 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 44.688. The per capita income was $ 22,228. 13.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

• John Litel (1892-1972) - Actor - Born and raised in Albany