Westford, Richland County, Wisconsin

Richland County

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The Town of Westford is one of 16 Towns in Richland County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, the Town of Westford had 530 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 Westford is located in southwest Wisconsin. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is located approximately 105 km to the west. After Illinois is roughly 150 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Westford are 43 ° 30'15 " north latitude and 90 ° 14'50 " west longitude. It extends over an area of 90.5 km ².

The Town of Westford is located in the extreme northeast of Richland County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:

Traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 58 runs north -south through the eastern Town of Westford. In addition, still run the County Highway I, II and CC through the territory of the Town of Westford. All other roads are minor roads and partly unpaved roadways.

With the Richland Airport is around 30 km south of the Town, a small airfield. The next airports are the Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (about 150 km south-southwest ), the La Crosse Regional Airport ( 130 km west-northwest ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison Wisconsin's capital ( approximately 110 km east-southeast ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Westford 530 people in 193 households. The population density was 5.9 people per square kilometer. In the 193 households lived statistically 2.72 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 95.5 percent white and 3.4 percent of Asians; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 46.8 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 42,639. The per capita income was $ 21,663. 6.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Westford

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

• Bunker Hill
• German Town