Argyle (Wisconsin)

Lafayette County

55-02650

Argyle is a municipality ( with a status of "Village" ) in Lafayette County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Argyle had 857 inhabitants.

Geography

Argyle is located in southwest Wisconsin on the Pecatonica River, a tributary of the opening into the Mississippi Rock River. The formed from the Mississippi border to Iowa, located 75 km to the west, the border with Illinois runs 30 km south of the city. The geographical coordinates are 42 ° 44'13 Argyle ' north latitude and 89 ° 54'05 "west longitude. The city covers an area of 1.61 km ².

Neighboring towns are Blanchardville (13,1 km to the north ), Monticello (26,1 km to the east ), Monroe ( 24.4 km southeast), Brownstown ( 19.2 km SSE ), South Wayne (18,3 km south), Wiota ( 13.1 km southwest ) and Lamont (10,9 km west ).

The nearest large towns are La Crosse (213 km north-west ), Wisconsin's capital, Madison ( 73.4 km to the northeast ), Rockford, Illinois ( 97.1 km southeast), The Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois (202 km southwest) and in Dubuque Iowa ( 84.7 km west-southwest ).

Traffic

In Argyle, the Wisconsin State Highways 78 and 81 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

The nearest airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 83.5 km north-east ) and the Dubuque Regional Airport ( 97.5 km west-southwest ).

Population

According to the census in 2010, lived in Argyle 857 people in 366 households. The population density was 532.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 366 households lived statistically 2.34 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 99.1 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.3 percent were 65 years or older. 48.2 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 48,281. The per capita income was $ 20,470. 5.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.