Sterling, Vernon County, Wisconsin

Vernon County

55-77075

The Town of Sterling is one of 21 Towns in Vernon County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Sterling 633 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 Sterling is located in southwest Wisconsin, about 15 km east of the Mississippi located at the intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.

The Town of Sterling 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 the center of the Town of Sterling are 43 ° 28'14 " north latitude and 91 ° 02'06 " west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​117.7 km ².

The Town of Sterling is located in the southwest of Vernon County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:

Traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 82 leads in west-east direction through the center of the Town of Sterling. In addition, still lead the County Highways N and NN by the Town. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

The nearest airports are the La Crosse Regional Airport (around 60 km north- north-west ), the Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minnesota ( about 170 km west-northwest ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital, Madison (about 170 km east-southeast ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Sterling 633 people in 233 households. The population density was 5.4 people per square kilometer. In the 233 households lived statistically 2.72 per person.

Ethnically, the population consisted of five exceptions only from whites. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

28.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.0 percent were 65 years or older. 48.7 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 43,911. The per capita income was $ 20,223. 16.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Sterling

In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Town of Sterling following unincorporated settlements:

• Purdy
• Retreat
• West Prairie