Washington, Green County, Wisconsin
Green County
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The Town of Washington is one of 16 Towns in Green County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Washington 809 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 Washington is located in southern Wisconsin, about 25 km north of the border with Illinois. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located approximately 100 km to the west. The Town is traversed from north to south from the Little Sugar River, which heard about the Sugar River, the Pecatonica River and the Rock River to the basin of the Mississippi.
The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Washington are 42 ° 43'44 " north latitude and 89 ° 39'15 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 92.8 km ².
The Town of Washington is located in the center of Green County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns and independent municipalities:
Traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 69 runs through the eastern part of the Town of Washington. In addition, run nor the County Highways C, J, and N by the Town. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital city ( about 65 km north-east ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Washington 809 people in 308 households. The population density was 8.7 people per square kilometer. In the 2.63 households lived statistically 308 people each.
The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 64,167. The per capita income was $ 29,100. 4.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in the Town of Washington
In addition to scattered settlements exist in the Town of Washington with a Schulz unincorporated settlement.