Eastman (town), Wisconsin
Crawford County
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The Town of Eastman is one of eleven Towns in Crawford County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Eastman 739 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 Eastman is located in southwestern Wisconsin, on the east bank of the Iowa border to forming Mississippi. In the east, the Town is limited by the Kickapoo River.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Eastman are 43 ° 11'07 " north latitude and 90 ° 57'42 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 188 km ², spread over 185.1 km ² land and 3 km ² water surface. In the center of the Town of Eastman Eastman is an independent municipality, without that belongs to the Town. In the east, the Town adjacent to the independent community Steuben.
The Town of Eastman is located in the south of Crawford County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns and townships:
Traffic
Through the Town of Eastman of Wisconsin State Highway 35, which forms the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road runs here. In the center of the Town the Wisconsin State Highway 27 and the Wisconsin State Highway 179 intersect All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.
Along the Mississippi runs for freight traffic, a railroad line of the BNSF Railway.
The Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport is located about 20 south-southwest a small airfield. The next airports are the Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa ( about 120 km south), the La Crosse Regional Airport ( 90 km north ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city ( some 150 km to the east ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Eastman 739 people in 288 households. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. In the 288 households lived statistically 2.57 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 99.1 percent White, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.9 percent were 65 years or older. 45.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 56,316. The per capita income was $ 31,134. 9.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Eastman
In addition to scattered settlements exist with charm yet unincorporated settlement on the territory of the Town of Eastman.