Jefferson, Vernon County, Wisconsin

Vernon County

55-37975

The Town of Jefferson is one of 21 Towns in Vernon County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Jefferson 1143 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 Jefferson is located in southwest Wisconsin, about 30 km south-east of the situated on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.

The Town of Jefferson 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 Jefferson are 43 ° 35'00 " north latitude and 90 ° 58'30 " west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​121.8 km ².

The Town of Jefferson is located in the western center of Vernon County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:

Traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 56 runs in east-west direction through the Town of Jefferson. In addition, still lead the County Highways B, XX and Y 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 55 km north-west ), the Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minnesota ( about 170 km west-northwest ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital, Madison (about 165 km east-southeast ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Jefferson in 1143 people in 430 households. The population density was 9.4 people per square kilometer. In the 430 households lived statistically 2.66 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asians and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

28.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. 47.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 42,375. The per capita income was $ 19,212. 33.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Jefferson

In addition to scattered settlements still exist in the Town of Jefferson following unincorporated settlements:

• Bud
• Esofea
• Springville