Blue Mounds (town), Wisconsin
55-08500
The Town of Blue Mounds is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Blue Mounds 968 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 Blue Mounds is part of the Madison Metropolitan Region.
Geography
The Town of Blue Mounds is located in southern Wisconsin, in the southwestern suburban area of the capital, Madison. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located approximately 165 km west-northwest; to Illinois is approximately 70 km to the south.
The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Blue Mounds are 42 ° 59'07 " north latitude and 89 ° 46'35 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 85.5 km ². To the northwest lies the completely enclosed by the Town of Blue Mounds Blue Mounds separate municipality without them belonging to the Town.
The Town of Blue Mounds is located in the southwest of Dane County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns and independent municipalities:
Traffic
In west-east direction run on a four-lane section of track shared the U.S. Highways 18 and 151 through the territory of the Town of Blue Mounds. The Wisconsin State Highway 78 leads in a north-south direction through the Town. In addition, still lead the County Highway E, F, and Z by the Town. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.
Parallel to the road U.S. 18 / U.S. 151 runs through the on the route of a former railway line of the Chicago and North Western Railway with the Military Ridge State Trail, a rail trail for walkers and cyclists. In the winter the trail can be traveled with snowmobiles.
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital ( 55 km east-northeast ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Blue Mounds 968 people in 353 households. The population density was 11.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 353 households lived statistically 2.74 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 78,578. The per capita income was $ 31,266. 2.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Blue Mounds
In addition to scattered settlements there are no other settlements in the Town of Blue Mounds.