Mount Pleasant, Green County, Wisconsin

Green County

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The Town of Mount Pleasant is one of 16 Towns in Green County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Mount Pleasant 598 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 Mount Pleasant is located in southern Wisconsin, about 25 km north of the border with Illinois. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located approximately 110 km to the west. The Town is traversed from north to south from the Little Sugar River, which heard about the Sugar River, the Pecatonica River and the Rock River to the basin of the Mississippi.

The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Mount Pleasant are 42 ° 43'24 " north latitude and 89 ° 32'22 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 88.8 km ².

The Town of Mount Pleasant is located in the center of Green County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns and independent municipalities:

Traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 69 runs through the western part of the Town of Mount Pleasant. In addition, still run the County Highways C, D and F by the Town. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.

Through the Town of Mount Pleasant the Sugar River State Trail, a running on the route of a former railway line Rail Trail runs for walkers and cyclists. In the winter the trail can be traveled with snowmobiles.

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city ( about 55 km north- northeast ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Mount Pleasant 598 people in 237 households. The population density was 6.7 people per square kilometer. In the 237 households lived statistically 2.52 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.2 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.9 percent were 65 years or older. 44.6 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 72,188. The per capita income was $ 29,698. 6.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Mount Pleasant

In addition to scattered settlements there are no other settlements in the Town of Mount Pleasant.

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