Editing Mifflin, Wisconsin

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'''Mifflin''' is a [[Political subdivisions of Wisconsin#Town|town]] in [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States. The population was 617 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of [[Mifflin (community), Wisconsin|Mifflin]] is located in the town. The extinct community of Dallas was located in the town.<ref>''[http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/wch/id/10629/rec/1 History of Iowa County, Wisconsin]''. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1881, p. 582</ref>

==History==
On April 14, 2010, a [[meteoroid#Fireball|fireball]] from outer space streaked across several Midwestern states and landed outside of Mifflin. The highly publicized [[Mifflin fireball]], as it is now known, has produced several pounds of [[meteorite]]s, and was featured on [[The Science Channel]]'s ''[[Meteorite Men]].''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Meteorite Men Episode Guide |url=https://www.meteoritemen.com/episode-guide |access-date=January 23, 2023 |website=Meteorite Men |language=en}}</ref> The meteorite has been studied and classified as a L5 [[chondrite]] by scientists at the University of Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kita |first=Noriko T. |last2=Welten |first2=Kees C. |last3=Valley |first3=John W. |last4=Spicuzza |first4=Michael J. |last5=Nakashima |first5=Daisuke |last6=Tenner |first6=Travis J. |last7=Ushikubo |first7=Takayuki |last8=MacPherson |first8=Glenn J. |last9=Welzenbach |first9=Linda |last10=Heck |first10=Philipp R. |last11=Davis |first11=Andrew M. |last12=Meier |first12=Matthias M. M. |last13=Wieler |first13=Rainer |last14=Caffee |first14=Marc W. |last15=Laubenstein |first15=Matthias |date=April 2013 |title=Fall, classification, and exposure history of the Mifflin L5 chondrite |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12077 |journal=Meteoritics & Planetary Science |language=en |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=641–655 |doi=10.1111/maps.12077 |issn=1086-9379}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 50.7&nbsp;square miles (131.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all of it land.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 617 people, 201 households, and 163 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 12.2 people per square mile (4.7/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 209 housing units at an average density of 4.1 per square mile (1.6/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 99.51% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.16% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], and 0.32% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.49% of the population.

There were 201 households, out of which 47.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 2.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.9% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.07 and the average family size was 3.47.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 35.0% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $42,083, and the median income for a family was $46,250. Males had a median income of $23,409 versus $21,806 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $15,129. About 5.1% of families and 11.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.7% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
*[[Daniel B. Moore]], [[American Civil War]] veteran and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
*[[J.W. Parmley]], South Dakota legislator<ref>[http://www.planetipswich.com/ipswichsouthdakota.htm Ipswich, South Dakota]</ref><ref>Mary Ellen Snodgrass. ''The Settlers of the American West: The Lives of 231 Notable Settlers''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2015, pp. 128-130.</ref>
*[[Jefferson Rewey]], Wisconsin legislator<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Iowa County, Wisconsin |location=Chicago|publisher=Western Historical Company|year=1881|pages=927–928 |url=http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wch/id/10583}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Iowa County, Wisconsin}}

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[[Category:Towns in Iowa County, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Madison, Wisconsin, metropolitan statistical area]]
[[Category:Towns in Wisconsin]]