Muscoda (town), Wisconsin

Grant County

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The Town of Muscoda is one of 33 Towns in Grant County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Muscoda 769 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 Muscoda is located in southwestern Wisconsin, on the south bank of the Wisconsin River, a left tributary of the Iowa border to forming Mississippi. To the northeast lies the almost completely enclosed by the Town of Muscoda Muscoda place without that belongs to the Town. The border with Illinois is located approximately 90 km south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Muscoda are 43 ° 09'52 " north latitude and 90 ° 29'17 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 89.6 km ² which 86.7 km ² land and 2.9 km ² water surface spread.

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

Traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 133 and County Highway G and Q pass through the Town of Muscoda. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

Along the Wisconsin River runs for freight railway line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad, which continues from the Mississippi River to Madison and from there to Milwaukee.

The nearest major airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital (100 km east).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Muscoda 769 people in 297 households. The population density was 8.9 people per square kilometer. In the 297 households lived statistically 2:59 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.4 percent white, 0.3 percent African Americans and 0.1 percent of Native Americans; 1.2 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.

25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 40,865. The per capita income was $ 20,978. 9.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Muscoda

In the area of ​​Town of Muscoda are located next to stray no further colonization settlements.

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