Christiana (Vernon County, Wisconsin)
Vernon County
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The Town of Christiana is one of 21 Towns in Vernon County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Christiana 931 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 Christiana is located in southwest Wisconsin, about 55 km north-east of the Mississippi located at the intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.
The Town of Christiana is located in the Driftless Area mentioned glacially shaped region that stretches across the southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa and extreme northwestern Illinois. In the last ice age, the Wisconsin Glaciation so-called, the region remained free of ice, so that the river valleys were cut deep into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Christiana are 43 ° 41'06 " north latitude and 90 ° 50'42 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 87.2 km ².
The Town of Christiana is located in the north of Vernon County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns and independent municipalities:
Traffic
On a section of track shared the U.S. highways 14 and 61 run through the southwest of the Town of Christiana. The Wisconsin State Highway 27 leads in a north-south direction through the entire Town. In addition, still lead the County Highway P and 'X through the territory of the Town. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The nearest airports are the La Crosse Regional Airport ( 60 km west-northwest ), the Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minnesota ( about 165 km west-northwest ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital, Madison (about 175 km east-southeast ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Christiana 931 people in 348 households. The population density was 10.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 348 households lived statistically 2.68 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 99.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African Americans, 0.1 percent (one person) Polynesians and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.2 percent were 65 years or older. 48.4 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 60,179. The per capita income was $ 29,292. 3.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Christiana
In addition, there is a scattered settlement unincorporated settlement in the Town of Christiana with Newry.