Rockland, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
La Crosse County
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Rockland is a town ( with a status of "Village" ) in La Crosse County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Rockland had 594 inhabitants.
Rockland is part of the nationwide multi-state metropolitan region of La Crosse Metropolitan Area.
Geography
Rockland is located on the southern bank of the La Crosse River, in the border with Minnesota Mississippi forming flows 34 km to the west. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa is located 67.8 kilometers south-southwest.
Rockland is located in the Driftless Area mentioned glacially shaped region that stretches across the southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa and extreme northwestern Illinois. In the last ice age, the Wisconsin Glaciation so-called, the region remained free of ice, so that the river valleys were cut deep into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of 43 ° 54'23 Rockland are " north latitude and 90 ° 55'09 " west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 1.5 km ².
Neighboring towns of Rockland are Sparta ( 11.5 km ENE ), Cashton (27,5 km south-east ), West Salem (14,3 km west ) and Mindoro (23,8 km northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (293 km east-northeast ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 306 km east-southeast ), Wisconsin's capital Madison (198 km southeast), Rockford, Illinois ( 305 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa (303 km south), Cedar Rapids, Iowa (289 km south-southwest ), Rochester, Minnesota (145 miles west) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota (267 km north-west ).
Traffic
Interstate 90 runs in east-west direction along the southern city limits. The County Highway U and J lead as the main road through Rockland. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
Along the La Crosse River runs for freight railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
By Rockland La Crosse 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 the La Crosse Regional Airport, located 32.7 km west.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Rockland 594 people in 228 households. The population density was 396 people per square kilometer. In the 228 households lived statistically 2.61 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 93.9 percent white, 2.0 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 2.7 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.8 percent were between 18 and 64, and 9.4 percent were 65 years or older. 44.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 50,000. The per capita income was $ 21,625. 11.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.