Mineral Point (town), Wisconsin

Iowa County

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The Town of Mineral Point is one of 14 Towns in Iowa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Mineral Point 1033 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 Mineral Point is part of the Madison Metropolitan Region.

Geography

The Town of Mineral Point is located in southwest Wisconsin. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located approximately 150 km north-west; to Illinois, there are approximately 45 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Mineral Point 42 ° 52'02 " north latitude and 90 ° 09'07 " west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​153.1 km ². The Town of Mineral Point completely surrounds the City of Mineral Point without them belonging to the Town.

The Town of Mineral Point is located in the south of Iowa County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:

Traffic

U.S. Highway 151 runs from north to south-west by the Town of Mineral Point. The Wisconsin State Highway 23 runs north -south, the Wisconsin State Highway 39 runs from west to east. In the Town not listed town of Mineral Point, these roads intersect. In addition, through the territory of the Town or the County Highway D, O, S and Y through the territory of the Town of Dodgeville. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.

With the Iowa County Airport is located directly behind the north-western boundary of the Town, a small airfield. The next airports are the Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa ( about 75 km south-west ), the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city ( about 90 km east-northeast ) and the Chicago Rockford International Airport ( around 145 km south-east ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Mineral Point 1033 people in 364 households. The population density was 6.7 people per square kilometer. In the 364 households lived statistically 2.83 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.2 percent African Americans, 0.1 percent (one person) Asians and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 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.

31.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.2 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 65,481. The per capita income was $ 24,789. 3.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Mineral Point

In addition to scattered settlements there are no other settlements in the Town of Mineral Point.

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