Verona (Wisconsin)

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Verona is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Madison.

Geography

Verona is located in south central Wisconsin, in the southwestern suburban area of the capital, Madison. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located 126 km west-southwest.

The geographical coordinates of Verona are 42 ° 59'27 " north latitude and 89 ° 31'59 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​16.47 km ². The city is completely surrounded by the Town of Verona without belonging to it.

The center of Madison is 15.6 km away. Other neighboring towns are Middleton (14,2 km to the north ), Shorewood Hills (13,9 km northeast), Fitchburg (10,5 km to the east ), Oregon (18,2 km southeast), Paoli (7,8 km south), Belleville (17,2 km in the same direction), Mount Horeb (18,2 km west ) and Cross Plains (23,3 km northwest ).

The nearest big cities are Green Bay (241 km northeast), Milwaukee (145 km east), Chicago (234 km southeast) and Rockford (106 km south-southeast ).

Traffic

Along the southern edge of town run on a four-lane section of track shared the U.S. Highways 18 and 151 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

Parallel to the road U.S. 18 / U.S. 151 runs through the city on the route of a former railway line of the Chicago and North Western Railway with the Military Ridge State Trail, a rail trail for walkers and cyclists. In the winter the trail can be traveled with snowmobiles.

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (25,5 km northeast).

History

1847, the Town of Verona was formed and named after the town of Verona in the state of New York. In 1921, the present city was founded as a Village of Verona from the Town and incorporated as a separate municipality. In 1978 the site for the City of Verona has been charged.

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Verona 10,619 people in 4223 households. The population density was 644.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 4223 households lived statistically 2.5 persons each.

The racial the population was composed of 93.3 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 2.5 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

29.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 82,008. The per capita income was $ 36,256. 3.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

  • Ryan Truesdell ( born 1980 ) - musician, composer and music producer - born and raised in Verona
  • Neil Walker ( b. 1976 ) - Float - born in Verona
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