The Town of La Valle is located in

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. La Valle is a name derived from French meaning "the valley". The population was 1,203 at the 2000 census. The Village of La Valle is located within the town.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of 35.3 square miles (91.5 km²), of which, 34.2 square miles (88.6 km²) of it is land and 1.1 square miles (2.9 km²) of it (3.20%) is water. La Valle is 3 miles from

Lake Redstone Lake Redstone is in La Valle in northern Sauk County of Wisconsin, United States. Lake Redstone is a reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to st ...

Lakes

Dutch Hollow Lake Dutch Hollow Lake is a man-made reservoir located in the Town of La Valle, (Sauk County), Wisconsin, United States. Created by developers in the 1970s by impounding the water of Dutch Hollow Creek, it is now a public-access lake regulated by th ...

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,203 people, 450 households, and 364 families residing in the town. The

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was 35.2 people per square mile (13.6/km²). There were 914 housing units at an average density of 26.7 per square mile (10.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.75%

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, 0.08% Native American, 0.08%

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, 0.58% from

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, and 0.50% from two or more races. 0.91% of the population were

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of any race. There were 450 households, out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.0% were

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living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.9% were non-families. 15.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 2.96. In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $45,350, and the median income for a family was $47,500. Males had a median income of $36,442 versus $23,417 for females. The

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for the town was $21,561. About 1.5% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the

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, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and 2.4% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

Town of La Valle Official Website
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