Wheaton (Wisconsin)

Chippewa County

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The Town of Wheaton is one of 23 Towns in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Town of Wheaton had 2701 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 Wheaton is located in western Wisconsin and is bounded on the east by the Chippewa River. Its confluence with the Minnesota border to the Mississippi forming is located around 90 km south-west.

The coordinates of the geographical center of the Town of Wheaton are 44 ° 54'11 " north latitude and 91 ° 33'33 " west longitude. It extends spread over an area of ​​143.1 km ², which is 142 km ² on land and 1.1 km ² water surface.

The Town of Wheaton is located in the south of Chippewa County and is adjacent to the following neighboring Towns:

Traffic

Due to the extreme southwest of the Town of Wheaton runs the four-lane U.S. Highway 12, also during the four-lane U.S. Highway 53 forms part of the eastern boundary. The Wisconsin State Highway 29 runs in east-west direction through the Town. In addition, this case run nor the County Roads F and X. All other roads are minor roads or partly unpaved roadways.

Due to the northeast of the Town runs for freight a line belonging to the Canadian National Railway Wisconsin Central.

The nearest airport is Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire ( on the opposite bank of the Chippewa River).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in the Town of Wheaton 2701 people in 1001 households. The population density was 19 people per square kilometer. In the 1001 households lived statistically 2.69 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 95.9 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American and 3.4 percent Asian; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.4 percent were 65 years or older. 47.8 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 68,405. The per capita income was $ 28,266. 2.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Villages in the Town of Wheaton

In the area of ​​Town of Wheaton lying next litter colonization following unincorporated settlements:

• Old Albertville
• Pine Grove