Editing Birch Creek, Wisconsin

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Birch Creek, Wisconsin
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
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| map_caption        = Location of Birch Creek, Wisconsin
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| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|Wisconsin}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Wisconsin|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Chippewa County, Wisconsin|Chippewa]]

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| area_total_km2     = 120.8
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| population_total   = 495
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| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
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| elevation_m        = 364
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| blank_info         = 55-07525<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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| blank1_info        = 1582811<ref name="GR3" />
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'''Birch Creek''' is a town in [[Chippewa County, Wisconsin|Chippewa County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Wisconsin]]. The population was 495 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Birch_Creek_town,_Chippewa_County,_Wisconsin?g=060XX00US5501707525 |access-date=May 2, 2024 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Geography==
Birch Creek is in northern Chippewa County, bordered to the north by [[Rusk County, Wisconsin|Rusk County]]. The [[Chippewa River (Wisconsin)|Chippewa River]] forms the eastern border of the town. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|120.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|115.3|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|5.5|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 4.55%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Birch Creek town, Chippewa County, Wisconsin |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5501707525 |accessdate=September 11, 2015 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==History==
The six mile square that would become the center of Birch Creek was first [[Surveying|surveyed]] in June 1852 by a crew working for the U.S. government. That fall a different crew marked all the [[Section (United States land surveying)|section corners]] of the [[survey township|township]], walking through the woods and wading the swamps, measuring with [[Gunter's chain|chain]] and [[Solar compass|compass]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Land Survey Information| url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SurveyNotes/SurveyInfo.html| publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands| accessdate=March 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Field Notes for T31N R7W| url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=PLSS&twp=T032NR007W| work=Original Field Notes and Plat Maps, 1833-1866| publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands| accessdate=April 14, 2013}}</ref> When done, the deputy surveyor filed this general description:
<blockquote>''The surface of this Township is generally rolling and the uplands fit for cultivation. The timber is chiefly [[Eastern White Pine|pine]] [[Tsuga canadensis|Hemlock]] [[Thuja occidentalis|Cedar]] & [[Larix laricina|Tamarac]]. There are several small Swamp all unfit for cultivation. The streams are all small branches. (?) [[Watermill|Millery]] privileges in this Township.''<ref>{{cite web|last=Harrison|first=J. M.|title=Interior Field Notes (Sept. 1852 - Oct. 1852)|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=article&byte=3520195&twp=T032NR007W|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=2013-04-14}}</ref></blockquote>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population	
| 1990=	500
| 2000=	520
| 2010= 517
|estimate=540
|estyear=2020
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 520 people, 212 households, and 157 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 11.7 people per square mile (4.5/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 389 housing units at an average density of 8.7 per square mile (3.4/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 98.65% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], and 1.35% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.19% of the population.

There were 212 households, out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.9% were non-families. 22.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 19.6% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 30.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $39,479, and the median income for a family was $43,456. Males had a median income of $35,417 versus $18,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $17,475. About 5.8% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Chippewa County, Wisconsin}}

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[[Category:Towns in Chippewa County, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Eau Claire–Chippewa Falls metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Towns in Wisconsin]]