Orion, Wisconsin

Richland County

55-60350

The Town of Orion is one of 16 Towns in Richland County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Orion 579 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 Orion is located in southwest Wisconsin on the north bank of the Wisconsin River, a left tributary of the Mississippi. The border with Iowa is located approximately 65 km to the west. According to Minnesota is approximately 95 km in a north-westerly direction; to Illinois, there are around 95 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Orion are 43 ° 15'28 " north latitude and 90 ° 22'15 " west longitude. It extends spread over an area of 93.8 km ², which is 92.7 km ² on land and 1.1 km ² water surface.

The Town of Orion is located in the south of Richland County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:

Traffic

Due to the northeast of the Town proceeds of U.S. Highway 14; by the extreme northwest corner leads the Wisconsin State Highway 80 along the Wisconsin River runs the Wisconsin State Highway 60 All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.

With the Richland Airport is located just behind the north-eastern boundary of the Town, a small airfield. The next airports are the Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (about 120 km south-southwest ), the La Crosse Regional Airport ( about 120 km north-west ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city ( some 100 km to the east ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Orion 579 people in 233 households. The population density was 6.2 people per square kilometer. In the 233 households lived statistically 2.48 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.3 percent were 65 years or older. 48.0 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 56,354. The per capita income was $ 27,757. 6.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Orion

In addition to scattered settlements still exist in the Town of Orion following unincorporated settlements:

• Orion
• Twin Bluffs