Finley is a town in

Juneau County, Wisconsin Juneau County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,718. Its county seat is Mauston. History Before white settlement, before loggers and explorers, the area that is now Juneau Coun ...

, United States. The population was 84 at the 2000 census.

History

Created in the 1890s from parts of

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and

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, Finley first appeared on the

1900 United States census The 1900 United States census, conducted by the Census Office on June 1, 1900, determined the resident population of the United States to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21.01% from the 62,979,766 persons enumerated during the 1890 census. It w ...

, with a population of 201.1900 United States Census, Volume 1. Population, Part 1

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of 38.6 square miles (99.9 km), of which, 38.3 square miles (99.1 km) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km) of it (0.78%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 84 people, 33 households, and 25 families residing in the town. The

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was 2.2 people per square mile (0.8/km). There were 97 housing units at an average density of 2.5 per square mile (1.0/km). The racial makeup of the town was 98.81%

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, and 1.19% from two or more races. There were 33 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were

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living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. 15.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.88. In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.4% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 21.4% from 25 to 44, 29.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $26,250. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $13,333 for females. The

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for the town was $13,715. There were 7.1% of families and 8.4% of the population living below the

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, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

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