Franklin, Vernon County, Wisconsin
Vernon County
55-27400
The Town of Franklin is one of 21 Towns in Vernon County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Franklin 1140 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 Franklin is located in southwestern Wisconsin, about 30 km east of the Mississippi located on the intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.
The Town of Franklin 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 Franklin are 43 ° 28'35 " north latitude and 90 ° 54'26 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 133.6 km ².
The Town of Franklin is located in the south of Vernon County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:
Traffic
Due to the northeast of the Town of Franklin lead on a common route, the U.S. Highways 14 and 61 on the northern boundary of the Town branch of this road together, the Wisconsin Highways 27 and 82 from and extending in a southwesterly direction through the entire Town. In the southwest of the Town of common history and the WIS 27 ends leaves the Town to the south, while the WIS 82 turns west. In addition, still lead the County Highways J, M, N, N and T by the Town. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The nearest airports are the La Crosse Regional Airport ( around 70 km north-west ), the Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minnesota ( 180 km west-northwest ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital, Madison (about 155 km east-southeast ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Franklin 1140 people in 390 households. The population density was 8.5 people per square kilometer. In the 390 households lived statistically 2.92 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent white, 0.4 percent African Americans, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
29.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.6 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 69,792. The per capita income was $ 27,066. 8.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Franklin
In addition to scattered settlements still exist in the Town of Franklin following unincorporated settlements:
- Fargo
- Folsom
- Liberty pole