Forest, Vernon County, Wisconsin
Vernon County
55-26550
The Town of Forest is one of 21 Towns in Vernon County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Forest 634 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, about 90 km east-northeast of the Mississippi located on the intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.
The Town of Forest is located in the Driftless Area mentioned glacially shaped region that stretches across the southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa and extreme northwestern Illinois. In the last ice age, the Wisconsin Glaciation so-called, the region remained free of ice, so that the river valleys were cut deep into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Forest 43 ° 40'44 " north latitude and 90 ° 29'40 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 93.1 km ².
The Town of Forest is located in the northeast of Vernon County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:
Traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 33 leads in west-east direction through the Town of Forest. In addition, still lead the County Highway F, P, V, and Z through the territory of the Town. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The nearest airports are the La Crosse Regional Airport ( 80 km west-northwest ), the Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minnesota ( about 190 km to the west ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital, Madison ( about 160 km south-east ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Forest 634 people in 230 households. The population density was 6.8 people per square kilometer. In the 230 households lived statistically 2.76 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 2.1 percent African American and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.4 percent were 65 years or older. 47.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 44,375. The per capita income was $ 19,812. 10.8 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:
- Dilly
- Mount Tabor
- Valley