Hamburg, Vernon County, Wisconsin
Vernon County
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The Town of Hamburg is one of 21 Towns in Vernon County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Hamburg 973 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 Hamburg is located in southwest Wisconsin, about 5 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Minnesota. The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located about 30 km southwest. The Coon Creek, a left tributary of the Mississippi River, which flows through the town in northeast-southwest direction.
The Town of Hamburg 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 Hamburg are 43 ° 40'40 " north latitude and 91 ° 05'24 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 92.8 km ². The Town of Hamburg encloses the independent municipality Chase castle without them belonging to the Town.
The Town of Hamburg is located in the northwest of Vernon County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:
Traffic
U.S. Highway 14 runs through the northeast of the Town of Hamburg. From U.S. 14 to the Wisconsin State Highway 162 branches off and leads along the Coon Creek to the southwest. In addition, run nor the County Highways K and KK by the Town. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.
The nearest airports are the La Crosse Regional Airport ( around 35 km north-west ), the Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minnesota ( about 145 km west-northwest ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital, Madison (about 192 km south-east ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Hamburg, 973 people in 350 households. The population density was 10.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 350 households lived statistically 2.78 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.4 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 61,000. The per capita income was $ 26,905. 8.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Hamburg
In addition to scattered settlements there are no other settlements in the Town of Hamburg.