Eagle Point, Wisconsin
Chippewa County
55-21600
The Town of Eagle Point is one of 23 Towns in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Town of Eagle Point had 3053 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 Eagle Point is located in western Wisconsin and is bounded to the west by Lake Wissota and the Chippewa River. Its confluence with the Minnesota border to the Mississippi forming is located about 120 km south-west.
The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Eagle Point 45 ° 1'14 " north latitude and 91 ° 21'30 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 172.4 km ², the 159 km ² land and 13.4 km ² water surface spread.
The Town of Eagle Point is located in the western center of the Chippewa County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:
Traffic
Along the Chippewa River of Wisconsin State Highway 178 runs through the territory of the Town of Eagle Point, which is bounded on the north by the Wisconsin State Highway 64. All other roads are minor roads or partly unpaved roadways.
In a north-south direction is used for freight traffic a line of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The nearest airport is Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire ( about 35 km south-west ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Eagle Point 3053 people in 1211 households. The population density was 19.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1211 households lived statistically 2.52 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American and 0.4 percent Asian; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.4 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 70,867. The per capita income was $ 28,197. 4.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Eagle Point
In the area of the Town of Eagle Point are next litter colonization following unincorporated settlements:
- Eagle Point
- Eagleton