Arlington (Wisconsin)
Columbia County
55-02800
Arlington is a town ( with a status of "Village" ) in Columbia County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Arlington had 819 inhabitants.
Arlington is part of the metropolitan area of Madison.
Geography
Arlington is located in south-central Wisconsin, about 15 kilometers east of Lake Wisconsin, a reservoir of the Wisconsin River. This flows (180 miles west) at Prairie du Chien in the border with Minnesota Mississippi forming. The geographic coordinates of Arlington are 43 ° 20'43 " north latitude and 89 ° 24'45 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 2.62 km ². The city is almost completely surrounded by the Town of Arlington without belonging to it. In the east, the Town of Leeds adjacent to the site.
Towns nearby Arlington are Poynette (7.5 km north- north-west ), Leeds (7.1 miles south-east ), DeForest (14 km south-southeast ) and Lodi (12,9 km to the west ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (203 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (142 km east-southeast ), Chicago, Illinois (261 km southeast), Rockford, Illinois (140 km south), Wisconsin's capital Madison ( 36.5 km in the same direction ), La Crosse (201 km west-northwest ) and Eau Claire (257 km north-west )
Traffic
U.S. Highway 51 and in this section congruent running Wisconsin State Highway 60 form the northeastern city limits of Arlington. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
In north-northwest south-southeast - direction runs for freight traffic a railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital (30,5 km to the south ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Arlington 819 people in 317 households. The population density was 312.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 317 households lived statistically 2.58 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 1.2 percent African American and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 72,396. The per capita income was $ 31,665. 1.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Vincent James Ryan (1884-1951) - Bishop of Bismarck - born and raised in Arlington