Dane (town), Wisconsin

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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 Dane is located in southern Wisconsin, in the northern suburban area of the capital, Madison. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located some 176 km to the west; to Illinois is approximately 95 km to the south.

The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Dane are 43 ° 15'16 " north latitude and 89 ° 33'00 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 90.9 km ². The independent municipality Dane is completely surrounded by the Town of Dane, belongs without this the Town.

Traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 113 runs through the east and northeast of the Town of Dane. Due to the extreme southwestern corner of the Town of U.S. Highway 12 also runs still lead the County Highway P, V and Y by the Town. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.

Through the east of the Town of Dana runs in a north -south direction, a railroad line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad ( WSOR ), a regional (Class II ) Freight transportation company.

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city ( about 25 km south-west ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Dane 990 people in 363 households. The population density was 10.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 363 households lived statistically 2.73 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.0 percent were 65 years or older. 45.8 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 85,250. The per capita income was $ 36,494. 1.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.