Grant, Clark County, Wisconsin

Clark County

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The Town of Grant is one of 33 Towns in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Grant 916 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 Grant lies in the northwestern Wisconsin's center. The Town of Grant encloses the north- east almost entirely independent community Granton without them belonging to the Town. The formed from the Mississippi border to Minnesota is located approximately 130 km west of the Town of Grant.

The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Grant are 44 ° 33'24 " north latitude and 90 ° 29'13 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 92.6 km ².

The Town of Grant is located in the south of Clark County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns and independent municipalities:

Traffic

U.S. Highway 10 runs in east-west direction through the Town of Grant. In addition, even the County Highway K runs through the Town. All other roads are minor roads or partly unpaved roadways.

With the Neillsville Municipal Airport is located in the center of the Town, a small airfield. The next airports are the Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau ( 80 km east-northeast ) and the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire ( about 100 km west-northwest ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Grant 916 people in 328 households. The population density was 9.9 people per square kilometer. In the 328 households lived statistically 2.79 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 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.

28.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.9 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 41,818. The per capita income was $ 23,797. 3.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Grant

In the area of ​​the Town of Grant is next scattered settlement no further settlement.