Eagle, Richland County, Wisconsin

Richland County

55-21400

The Town of Eagle is one of 16 Towns in Richland County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Eagle 531 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 is located in southwest Wisconsin on the north shore of the Wisconsin River, a left tributary of the Mississippi. The border with Iowa is located approximately 60 km west. According to Minnesota, around 85 km in the west-north- westerly direction; to Illinois and it is 100 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Eagle are 43 ° 14'59 " north latitude and 90 ° 29'06 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 92.2 km ², spread to 90.0 km ² land and 2.2 km ² water surface.

The Town of Eagle is located in the south of Richland County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:

Traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 60 runs along the Wisconsin River. The Wisconsin State Highway 80 leaves on a bridge over the Wisconsin River, the Town of Eagle in the direction of the southern neighboring Grant County. Both roads are 139 connected to each other in the east of the Town by the Wisconsin State Highway. In addition, run nor the County Highway O and Y through the area of ​​Town. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.

With the Richland Airport is around 20 km east of the Town, a small airfield. The next airports are the Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa ( about 125 km south), the La Crosse Regional Airport ( around 110 km north-west ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital ( approximately 110 km east-southeast ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Eagle 531 people in 208 households. The population density was 5.9 people per square kilometer. In the 208 households lived statistically 2.55 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent White, 0.2 percent (one person) Native American, 0.4 percent and 0.8 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 49.0 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 47,708. The per capita income was $ 22,958. 17.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Eagle

In addition to scattered settlements still exist in the Town of Eagle following unincorporated settlements:

• Balmoral
• Basswood
• Eagle Corners