Editing Hiles, Wood County, Wisconsin

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The '''Town of Hiles''' is in [[Wood County, Wisconsin|Wood County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States. Its population was 188 at the 2000 census.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Hiles has an area of 35.3&nbsp;square miles (91.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 34.8&nbsp;square miles (90.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.5&nbsp;square miles (1.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of it (1.36%) is water.

==History==
The six-mile square that would become the Town of Hiles was first [[Surveying|surveyed]] in the summer of 1851 by a crew working for the US government. Around New Year's Day of 1852, another crew marked all of its the [[Section (United States land surveying)|section corners]] of the [[survey township|six-mile square]], traversing the woods and 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 T22N R2E|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=PLSS&twp=T022NR002E|work=Original Field Notes and Plat Maps, 1833–1866|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=May 28, 2013}}</ref> The deputy surveyor filed this general description:
<blockquote>''The surface of this Township is level, about one half is composed of [[Larix laricina|Tamarack]] Swamp, the remaining Portion low wetland, but a small Portion could be made fit for cultivation (?) by drainage. The whole surface is covered with a very thick coat of Timber Small(?) [[Eastern white pine|Pine]], Tamarack, [[Maple]] and [[Betula alleghaniensis|Birch]], undergrowth of [[Alder]] [[Corylus americana|witch Hazel]], and [[Carpinus caroliniana|water Bech]] very thick, soil [[Hardpan|Hard Pan]] from the Middle of the Township North and East local attraction was found to very considerable extent, so much so that several lines were run with back sights(?) and measurement alone, Fox River (called by residents East Branch of [[Black River (Wisconsin)|Black River]].) runs near the Center of the Township – from the N.E. to N.W. corner, average width 100 [[Link (unit)|links]] Rapid(?) current, average depth about two feet.''<ref>{{cite web|last=Sterling|first=Levi|title=Interior Field Notes (Dec. 1851-Jan. 1852)|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/SurveyNotes/SurveyNotes-idx?type=turn&entity=SurveyNotesINT016E000057&issueid=SurveyNotes.INT016E02&isize=M&twp=T022NR002E|publisher=Board of Commissioners of Public Lands|accessdate=2013-05-28}}</ref></blockquote>

The current town of Hiles was organized in 1901.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.mcmillanlibrary.org/files/docs/placenames.pdf | title=Wood County Place Names | publisher=The University of Wisconsin Press | author=Rudolph, Robert S. | year=1970 | pages=38}}</ref><ref name=Jones>{{cite book| last=Jones| first=George O.| title=History of Wood County Wisconsin| year=1923| publisher=H. C. Cooper Jr. & Co.| location=Minneapolis – Winona| pages=263| url=http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wch/id/38429|author2=Norman S. McVean|display-authors=etal}}</ref> It was named for businessman and land speculator [[George Hiles]], who owned half of the land in the town before the turn of the century.<ref>{{cite book|last=Philleo|first=I. E.|title=Plat Book of Wood County, Wisconsin|year=1896|publisher=I. E. Philleo, C. E.|location=Grand Rapids, Wisconsin|page=6|url=http://content.mpl.org/u?/mcml,425}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 188 people, 63 households, and 51 families in Hiles, and its [[population density]] was 5.4 people per square mile (2.1/km<sup>2</sup>).  There were 88 housing units, with an average density of 2.5 per square mile (1.0/km<sup>2</sup>). Its racial makeup was 97.87% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.66% [[Hispanic]], 0.53% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.53% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.06% from two or more races.

There were 63 households, out of which 42.9% had children under the age of 18; 77.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.5% were non-families. 15.9% of households consisted of individuals, with 11.1% 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 people, and the average family size 3.31.

33.5% of residents were 18 or younger, 3.7% were 18–24, 28.7% were 25–44, 20.2% were 45–64, and 13.8% were 65 and older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.3 males.

The town's median household income was $38,000, and the median family income $39,375. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $18,333 for females. The [[per capita income]] was $15,054.  About 9.6% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.5% of those under 18 and none of those 65 or over.

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.townofhiles.com/ Town of Hiles Official Website]
* [http://images.library.wisc.edu/awareImageServer/SurveyNotesImageNav.jsp?collection=SurveyNotes&resource=PlatMaps/TN22/reference/002202EA.jp2 1852 plat map covering town of Hiles]
* [http://content.mpl.org/u?/mcml,448 1879 plat map]
* [http://content.mpl.org/u?/mcml,425 1896 plat map]
* [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=article&did=WI.AtlasWood09.i0026&id=WI.AtlasWood09&isize=XL 1909 plat map]
* [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=article&did=WI.AtlasWood28.i0028&id=WI.AtlasWood28&isize=XL 1928 plat map]
* [http://content.mpl.org/u?/mcml,8169 1956 plat map]

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