Springfield (Dane County, Wisconsin)
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The Town of Springfield is one of 34 Towns in Dane County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Springfield 2734 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 Springfield is part of the Madison Metropolitan Region.
Geography
The Town of Springfield is located in southern Wisconsin, in the northwest suburban area of the capital, Madison. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located approximately 171 km west-northwest; to Illinois, around 85 km in the south.
The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Springfield are 43 ° 09'43 " north latitude and 89 ° 32'41 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 94.2 km ².
The Town of Springfield is located in the northwestern center of Dane County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns and independent municipalities:
Traffic
U.S. Highway 12 runs north -south through the Town of Springfield. In the north of the Town he crosses the Wisconsin State Highway 19 also run even the County Highways K and P by the area of the Town. All other roads are minor roads or partly unpaved roadways.
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (15 km east).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Springfield 2734 people in 1014 households. The population density was 29 people per square kilometer. In the 1014 households lived statistically 2.7 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 95.9 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.2 percent Asian and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.1 percent were 65 years or older. 47.5 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 97,619. The per capita income was $ 47,381. 2.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Springfield
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Town of Springfield following unincorporated settlements:
- Ashton
- Ashton Corners
- Kingsley Corners
- Martinsville
- Springfield Corners