Elk Grove, Wisconsin

Lafayette County

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The Town of Elk Grove is one of the 18 Towns in Lafayette County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Elk Grove 551 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 Elk Grove is located in southwest Wisconsin, approximately 30 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa. The border with Illinois is located approximately 20 km south. In the northeast of the Town of Elk Grove springs from the southern arm of the Pecatonica River, a tributary of the opening into the Mississippi Rock River.

The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Elk Grove are 42 ° 40'12 " north latitude and 90 ° 22'4 " west longitude. The Town covers an area of 93.9 km ².

The Town of Elk Grove is located in the northwest of Lafayette County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:

Traffic

In the area of ​​the Town of Elk Grove cross the running in the east-west direction Wisconsin State Highway 81 and the leading from North to South Wisconsin State Highway 126 also run nor the County Highway F, H, I and X by the Town. All other roads are minor roads or partly unpaved roadways.

With the Platteville Municipal Airport is located about 6 km north-west a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa ( about 50 km south-west ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city ( some 120 km north-east ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Elk Grove 551 people in 166 households. The population density was 5.9 people per square kilometer. In the 166 households lived statistically 3.28 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 95.3 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 1.1 percent Asian and 2.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

37.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.5 percent were 65 years or older. 46.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 63,750. The per capita income was $ 24,769. 5.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Elk Grove

In the area of ​​the Town of Elk Grove are next litter colonization following unincorporated settlements:

  • Elk Grove
  • Ipswich
  • Meeker's Grove
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