Linden (town), Wisconsin
Iowa County
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The Town of Linden is one of 14 Towns in Iowa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Linden 847 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.
The area of the Town of Linden is part of the Madison Metropolitan Region.
Geography
The Town of Linden is located in southwest Wisconsin. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located approximately 130 km north-west; to Illinois is approximately 55 km in the south.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Linden are 42 ° 55'03 " north latitude and 90 ° 15'37 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 157.1 km ². The Town of Linden completely surrounds the City of Linden without them belonging to the Town.
The Town of Linden is located in the southwest of Iowa County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:
Traffic
The U.S. Highway 18 leads in west-east direction through the north of the Town of Linden. From U.S. 18 branches off to the south of the Wisconsin State Highway 39. In the Town not listed town of Mineral Point, these roads intersect. In addition, through the territory of the Town or the County Highways A, B, E, J, Q and X. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.
With the Iowa County Airport is located in the southeast of the Town, a small airfield. The next airports are the Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa ( about 85 km south-west ), the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital ( about 100 km east-northeast ) and the Chicago Rockford International Airport ( some 160 km south-east ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Linden 847 people in 308 households. The population density was 5.4 people per square kilometer. In the 308 households lived statistically 2.53 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent White, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.0 percent were 65 years or older. 48.6 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 51,635. The per capita income was $ 20,953. 10.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Linden
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Town of Linden nor the unincorporated settlement Edmund.