Hixton, Wisconsin

Jackson County

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Hixton is a municipality ( with a status of "Village" ) in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Hixton had 433 inhabitants.

Geography

Hixton is located in western Wisconsin, about 70 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Minnesota.

The geographical coordinates of 44 ° 23'09 Hixton are " north latitude and 91 ° 00'52 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 2.82 km ² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Hixton, without belonging to it.

Neighboring towns of Hixton Alma Center are (11,6 km northeast), Black River Falls ( 19.9 km southeast), Taylor (12.5 km southwest), Pigeon Falls ( 21.1 km WNW ) and Northfield (12,6 km northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (280 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (225 km southeast), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 332 km in the same direction ), La Crosse, on the Mississippi ( 89.5 km SSW ), Rochester in Minnesota (150 km west-southwest ), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (196 km west-northwest ) and Eau Claire ( 65.6 kilometers north-west ).

Traffic

Interstate 94 runs northwest-southeast direction along the northeastern Ortsrandes. The Wisconsin State Highway 95 leads in west-east direction as the main road through Hixton. All other States are minor rural roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

For the freight railway line of the Canadian National Railway runs through Hixton ..

The nearest airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (218 km southeast) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (215 km west-northwest ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Hixton 433 people in 200 households. The population density was 153.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 200 households lived statistically 2.17 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 94.9 percent White, 3.0 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 48.7 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 50,250. The per capita income was $ 27,515. 7.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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