Forest, Richland County, Wisconsin

Richland County

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The Town of Forest is one of 16 Towns in Richland County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Forest 352 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 Forest is located in southwest Wisconsin and flows through the north- west by the Kickapoo River, a right tributary of the opening into the Mississippi River Wisconsin. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located approximately 60 km west. After Illinois is roughly 135 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Forest 43 ° 30'09 " north latitude and 90 ° 36'36 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 91.9 km ².

The Town of Forest is located in the extreme northwest of Richland County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:

Traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 56 runs in east-west direction through the whole territory of the Town of Forest, while the Wisconsin State Highway 131 along the Kickapoo River runs through the north-west. In addition, still lead the County Highways G and I through the territory of the Town. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.

With the Richland Airport is approximately 40 kilometers southeast of the Town, a small airfield. The next airports are the Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (about 150 km south-southwest ), the La Crosse Regional Airport ( around 85 km north-west ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city (around 135 km east-southeast ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Forest 352 people in 137 households. The population density was 3.8 people per square kilometer. In the 137 households lived statistically 2.47 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.3 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

20.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.5 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 38,182. The per capita income was $ 18,643. 17.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Forest

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

• Ash Ridge
• Tunnelville1

1 - partially in Vernon County