Deerfield (town), Dane County, Wisconsin
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The Town of Deerfield is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Deerfield 1585 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 Deerfield is part of the Madison Metropolitan Region.
Geography
The Town of Deerfield 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 approximately 217 km west-northwest; to Illinois is approximately 65 km in the south.
The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Deerfield are 43 ° 04'01 " north latitude and 89 ° 04'26 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 89.3 km ². The independent municipality Deerfield is completely surrounded by the Town of Deerfield, without belonging to it.
The Town of Deerfield is located in the east of Dane County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns and independent municipalities:
Traffic
The Interstate 94 limits the Town of Deerfield to the north. Through the Southwest run on a section of track shared the U.S. Highways 12 and 18, The Wisconsin State Highway 73 runs north -south through the center of Town. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.
Through the Town of Deerfield leads to the Glacial Drumlin State Trail is 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 Wisconsin's capital city ( about 35 km north-west ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Deerfield 1585 people in 544 households. The population density was 17.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 544 households lived statistically 2.7 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 93.1 percent white, 4.4 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.1 percent were 65 years or older. 44.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 86,442. The per capita income was $ 36,918. 5.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Deerfield
In addition to scattered settlement existierem in the Town of Deerfield following unincorporated settlements:
- London
- Old Deerfield