Arlington is a town in Columbia County,

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. The population was 848 at the 2000 census. The Village of Arlington is located within the town.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of 35.3 square miles (91.3 km), of which, 35.2 square miles (91.2 km) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km) of it (0.14%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 848 people, 302 households, and 240 families residing in the town. The

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was 24.1 people per square mile (9.3/km). There were 308 housing units at an average density of 8.7 per square mile (3.4/km). The racial makeup of the town was 99.65%

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, 0.12% Native American, and 0.24% from two or more races. 0.12% of the population were

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of any race. There were 302 households, out of which 37.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.2% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% were non-families. 13.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.14. In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.5% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 29.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.8 males. The median income for a household in the town was $58,750, and the median income for a family was $61,111. Males had a median income of $35,357 versus $29,231 for females. The

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for the town was $23,880. About 2.4% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the

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, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

Robert Caldwell Robert Caldwell (7 May 1814 – 28 August 1891) was a missionary for London Missionary Society. He arrived in India at age 24, studied the local language to spread the word of Bible in a vernacular language, studies that led him to author a tex ...

, farmer, businessman, and Wisconsin politician, was born in the town'Wisconsin Blue Book 1929,' Biographical Sketch of Robert Caldwell, pg. 534

References

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