Cottage Grove (town), Wisconsin
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The Town of Cottage Grove is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Cottage Grove 3875 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 Cottage Grove is part of the Madison Metropolitan Region.
Geography
The Town of Cottage 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 210 km west-northwest; to Illinois is about 75 km in the south.
The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Cottage Grove are 43 ° 03'54 " north latitude and 89 ° 11'20 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 86.5 km ².
The Town of Cottage Grove is located in the eastern center of Dane County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns and independent municipalities:
Traffic
The Interstate 94 limits the area Town of Cottage Grove to the north; which run on a common route Interstates 39 and 90 contact the Town in the extreme southwestern corner. The running on a common route U.S. Highways 12 and 18 pass through the south of the Town of Cottage Grove. All other roads are minor roads or partly unpaved roadways.
Through the east of the Town of Cottage Grove runs a branch line of the Union Pacific Railroad. Through the Glacial Drumlin the West State Trail, a running on a former railroad line of the Chicago and North Western Railway 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 (20 km north-northwest ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Cottage Grove 3875 people in 1463 households. The population density was 44.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1463 households lived statistically 2.65 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.0 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.5 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.8 percent were 65 years or older. 47.8 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 82,417. The per capita income was $ 37,695. 0.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Cottage Grove
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Town of Cottage Grove following unincorporated settlements:
- Door Creek
- Hoffman Corners
- Hope
- Nora
- Vilas