Wyoming, Wisconsin | |
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The town hall was a one-room school built in 1875.
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Location of Wyoming, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates: 43°6′56″N 90°6′34″W / 43.11556°N 90.10944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wisconsin |
County | Iowa |
Area | |
• Total | 40.8 sq mi (105.8 km2) |
• Land | 39.8 sq mi (103.0 km2) |
• Water | 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km2) |
Elevation | 741 ft (226 m) |
Population (2000) | |
• Total | 364 |
• Density | 9.2/sq mi (3.5/km2) |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Area code(s) | 608 |
FIPS code | 55-89350 |
GNIS feature ID | 1584490 |
Website | http://townofwyoming.org |
Wyoming is a town in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 364 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Wyoming is located in the town.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin is located in the town, as is his Wyoming Valley School.Unity Chapel, designed by Joseph Lyman Silsbee and worked on by Wright, is also located in Wyoming.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 40.8 square miles (105.8 km²), of which, 39.8 square miles (103.0 km²) of it is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²) of it (2.64%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 364 people, 145 households, and 107 families residing in the town. The population density was 9.2 people per square mile (3.5/km²). There were 212 housing units at an average density of 5.3 per square mile (2.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.18% White, 0.27% Native American, 0.27% from other races, and 0.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.27% of the population.
There were 145 households out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.9% were married couples living together, 4.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 19.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.81.