Anson, Wisconsin

Chippewa County

55-02175

The Town of Anson is one of 23 Towns in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Anson 2076 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 Anson is located in western Wisconsin, and is bounded on the west and southwest by the Chippewa River, its confluence with the Minnesota border to the Mississippi forming is located about 100 km south-west.

In the southwest of the Town of Anson the Chippewa River is the 2438 acre Lake Wissota dammed lies at the eastern shore of Lake Wissota State Park.

The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Anson are 44 ° 58'51 " north latitude and 91 ° 17'13 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 102.4 km ² which 96.9 km ² land and 5.5 km ² water surface spread.

The Town of Anson located in the southern center of the Chippewa County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:

Traffic

Through the territory of the Town of Anson run the County Highway K, S, O and Y. All other roads are minor roads or partly unpaved roadways.

Parallel to the WI 29 runs for freight traffic a railway line belonging to the Canadian National Railway Wisconsin Central.

Along the Chippewa River runs the Old Abe State Trail. It is a rail trail designated as a combined walking and bicycle path on the route of a disused railway line. Old Abe is the name of a bald eagle, who was in the American Civil War mascot of the 8th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.

The nearest airport is Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire ( about 25 km south-west ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Anson 2076 people in 841 households. The population density was 21.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 841 households lived statistically 2.47 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.0 percent were 65 years or older. 48.4 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 63,347. The per capita income was $ 29,170. 4.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Anson

In the area of ​​Town of Anson lying next litter colonization following unincorporated settlements:

• Anson
• Jim Falls