Prairie du Chien (town), Wisconsin
Crawford County
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The Town of Prairie du Chien is one of eleven Towns in Crawford County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Prairie du Chien in 1073 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 Prairie du Chien is located in southwestern Wisconsin, on the east bank of the Iowa border to forming Mississippi. The mouth of the Wisconsin River is located a few kilometers south.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Prairie du Chien are 43 ° 04'22 " north latitude and 91 ° 06'28 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 94.1 km ², spread to 86.9 km ² land and 7.2 km ² water surface.
The Town of Prairie du Chien is located in the southwest of Crawford County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns and townships:
Traffic
Through the Town of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin State Highway 35, which forms the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road runs here. Through the center of the Town runs in northeast-southwest direction of the Wisconsin State Highway 27 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
Along the Mississippi runs for freight traffic, a railroad line of the BNSF Railway.
The Prairie du Chien Municipal Airport is located on the southern edge of the Town, a small airfield. The next airports are the Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa ( about 110 km south), the La Crosse Regional Airport ( about 100 km north ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city ( some 170 km to the east ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Prairie du Chien in 1073 people in 460 households. The population density was 12.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 460 households lived statistically 2.32 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent White, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 1.2 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
17.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 45,662. The per capita income was $ 24,661. 13.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Prairie du Chien
In addition to scattered settlements exist with White Corners another unincorporated settlement on the territory of the Town of Prairie du Chien.