Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin
55-63375
The Town of Pleasant Springs is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Pleasant Springs 3154 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 Pleasant Springs is part of the Madison Metropolitan Region.
Geography
The Town of Pleasant Springs is located in southern Wisconsin, in the south suburban area of the capital, Madison. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located approximately 205 km west-northwest; to Illinois is approximately 65 km in the south.
The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Pleasant Springs are 42 ° 58'19 " north latitude and 89 ° 11'25 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 92.2 km ², spread to 86.4 km ² land and 5.8 km ² water surface.
The Town of Pleasant Springs is located in the southeast of Dane County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns and independent municipalities:
Traffic
Due to the north of the Town of Pleasant Springs lead to a common route Interstates 39 and 90 also lead nor the County Highways B, N and MN by the Town. All other roads are minor roads or partly unpaved roadways.
Thanks to the southwest of the Town runs a railroad line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad ( WSOR ), a regional (Class II ) Freight transportation company. The only passenger in the region is the traffic going from Chicago to the West Coast Empire Builder Amtrak, which stops in Madison.
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (25 km north-west ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Pleasant Springs 3154 people in 1193 households. The population density was 36.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1193 households lived statistically 2.64 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 89,167. The per capita income was $ 40,062. 4.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Pleasant Springs
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Town of Pleasant Springs with Kegonsa still unincorporated settlement.