Beetown, Wisconsin

Grant County

55-06100

The Town of Beetown is one of 33 Towns of Grant County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Beetown had 777 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 Beetown located southwest of Wisconsin about 10 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa. Around 45 km south-east is the border with Illinois.

The Town of Beetown is located at 42 ° 48'43 " north latitude and 90 ° 51'38 " west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​125.4 km ². Is Bathed the area from Grant River, a small left-hand tributary of the Mississippi.

The Town of Beetown located in the western center of Grant County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:

Traffic

Within the Town meet the Wisconsin State Highways 81 and 35 to each other. All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate partially unpaved roadways.

The nearest airport is about 10 km southwest of the Town located Cassville Municipal Airport.

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Beetown 777 people in 275 households. The population density was 6.2 people per square kilometer. In the 275 households lived statistically 2.83 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent White, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

28.2 per cent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.5 per cent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 48.1 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 42,143. The per capita income was $ 17,117. 22.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Beetown

In addition to scattered settlement there are the following unincorporated communities:

• Five Points
• Flora Fountain
• Hurricane