Clinton, Vernon County, Wisconsin
Vernon County
55-15675
The Town of Clinton is one of 21 Towns in Vernon County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Clinton had 1358 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 Clinton is located in southwest Wisconsin, approximately 50 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Minnesota. The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located 65 km west-southwest.
The Town of Clinton 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 Clinton are 43 ° 41'09 " north latitude and 90 ° 43'46 " west longitude. It covers an area of 93 km ².
The Town of Clinton is located in the north of Vernon County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:
Traffic
Through the Town of Clinton perform any national highways. The County Highway D, P and S lead through the area 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 ( 65 km west-northwest ), the Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minnesota ( about 175 km west-northwest ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital, Madison (about 170 km east-southeast ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Clinton in 1358 people in 332 households. The population density was 14.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 332 households lived statistically 4.09 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.4 percent African Americans, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
45.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 46.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.2 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 45,625. The per capita income was $ 10,428. 23 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Clinton
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Town of Clinton with a Bloomingdale unincorporated settlement.