Lima (Grant County, Wisconsin)

Grant County

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The Town of Lima is one of 33 Towns in Grant County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Lima 805 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 Lima is located in southwest Wisconsin, approximately 30 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa. The border with Illinois is located approximately 30 km south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Lima are 42 ° 49'23 " north latitude and 90 ° 29'03 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 94.7 km ².

The Town of Lima is located in the east of Grant County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:

Traffic

Through the east of the Town of Lime runs in a north -south direction of the Wisconsin State Highway 80 in the extreme southwest, a short section of the Wisconsin State Highway 81 runs through the territory of the Town, as well as further north, the County Highways A and D. All other roads are minor roads or partly unpaved roadways.

With the Platteville Municipal Airport is located approximately 15 km south a small airfield. The nearest major airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital ( 120 km east-northeast ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Lima 805 people in 278 households. The population density was 8.5 people per square kilometer. In the 278 households lived statistically 2.9 persons each.

The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.9 percent African American and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

30.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.5 percent were between 18 and 64, and 11.2 percent were 65 years or older. 48.0 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 53,542. The per capita income was $ 20.366. 10.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Lima

In addition to scattered settlement there are the following unincorporated communities:

• Arthur
• Union