Brooklyn, Green County, Wisconsin
Green County
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The Town of Brooklyn is one of 16 Towns in Green County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Brooklyn 1083 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 Brooklyn is located in southern Wisconsin, about 35 north of the border to Illinois. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located approximately 140 km west-southwest. The southwest of the Town is drained by the Sugar River, which belongs on the Pecatonica River and the Rock River to the basin of the Mississippi.
The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Brooklyn are 42 ° 49'28 " north latitude and 89 ° 25'27 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 91.9 km ².
The Town of Brooklyn is located in the northeast of Green County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns and independent municipalities:
Traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 92 runs in east-west direction through the north of the Town of Brooklyn. The eastern boundary of the Town is formed by the Wisconsin State Highway 104. In addition, still lead the County Highways C, E, and X by the Town. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city ( about 40 km north-east ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Brooklyn in 1083 people in 419 households. The population density was 11.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 419 households lived statistically 2.58 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.4 percent were 65 years or older. 47.0 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 70,278. The per capita income was $ 31,689. 4.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Brooklyn
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Town of Brooklyn with a Attica unincorporated settlement.