Cross Plains (town), Wisconsin
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The Town of Cross Plains is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Cross Plains 1507 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 Cross Plains is part of the Madison Metropolitan Region.
Geography
The Town of Cross Plains is located in southern Wisconsin, in the western suburbs of the capital, Madison. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located about 160 km west-northwest; to Illinois is about 75 km in the south.
The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Cross Plains are 43 ° 04'57 " north latitude and 89 ° 39'57 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 91.6 km ².
Traffic
U.S. Highway 14 runs in east-west direction through the north of the Town of Cross Plains. In addition, still lead the County Highways J, P, and S by the Town. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.
In parallel to U.S. 14 runs through the Town of Cross Plains, a railroad line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad, a regional (Class II ) Freight transportation company.
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city ( about 30 km east).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Cross Plains in 1507 people in 581 households. The population density was 16.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 581 households lived statistically 2.59 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 0.3 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 1.0 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, 62.7 percent were between 18 and 64, and 15.1 percent were 65 years or older. 47.8 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 95,556. The per capita income was $ 51,093. 2.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Cross Plains
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Town of Cross Plains with Pine Bluff still an unincorporated settlement.