Blooming Grove (Wisconsin)
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The Town of Blooming Grove is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Blooming Grove 1815 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.
The area of the Town of Blooming Grove is part of the Madison Metropolitan Region.
Geography
The Town of Blooming Grove is located in southern Wisconsin, in the eastern suburban area of the capital, Madison. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located 200 km west-northwest; to Illinois is about 75 km in the south.
The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Blooming Grove are 43 ° 03'05 " north latitude and 89 ° 16'43 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 23.5 km ² which 19.4 km ² land and 4.1 km ² water surface spread.
The Town of Blooming Grove is located in the center of Dane County and consists of several distinct parts which are mostly surrounded by the city of Madison. In addition, the Town is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns and independent municipalities:
Traffic
The running on a common route Interstate Highways 39 and 90 form the eastern ring road of the city of Madison and lead in part by the area of the Town of Blooming Grove. To the east of the Town cross the running on a common route from West to East U.S. Highway 12 and Interstate 18. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.
For freight traffic running two rail lines of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Canadian Pacific Railway belonging to the SOO Line Railroad through the area of the Town.
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city ( about 15 km north-west ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Blooming Grove in 1815 people in 789 households. The population density was 93.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 789 households lived statistically 2.3 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 86.8 percent white, 5.0 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 2.1 percent Asian, 0.1 percent (one person) Polynesians and 2.3 percent from other races groups; 3.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 6.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
18.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 69.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.1 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 60,682. The per capita income was $ 32,692. 3.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Blooming Grove
In addition to scattered settlements there are no other settlements in the Town of Blooming Grove.