Smelser (Wisconsin)
Grant County
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The Town of Smelser is one of 33 Towns in Grant County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Smelser 794 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 Smelser is located in southwest Wisconsin, about 20 kilometers west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa. The border with Illinois is located approximately 15 km south. In the extreme southeast of the Town partially covers the small town of Cuba City, although not belonging to the Town.
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Smelser are 42 ° 38'24 " north latitude and 90 ° 29'28 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 90.9 km ².
The Town of Smelser located in the southeast of Grant County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:
Traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 80 runs north -south through the Town of Smelser. Through the south runs in east-west direction of the County Highway H. All other roads are minor roads or partly unpaved roadways.
With the Platteville Municipal Airport is located a few hundred meters behind the north-eastern boundary of the Town, a small airfield. The nearest major airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital ( 130 km east-northeast ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Smelser 794 people in 301 households. The population density was 8.7 people per square kilometer. In the 301 households lived statistically 2.64 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 47.5 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 61,607. The per capita income was $ 25,587. 8.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Smelser
In addition to scattered settlement there are the following unincorporated communities:
- Bigpatch
- Elmo
- Georgetown