Editing Pierce, Wisconsin

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|official_name            = Pierce, Wisconsin
|settlement_type          = [[Town (Wisconsin)|Town]]
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|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Wisconsin}}
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Kewaunee County, Wisconsin|Kewaunee]]

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|area_total_km2           = 56.13
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|population_as_of         = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
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|population_total         = 833
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|area_code                = [[Area code 920|920]]  
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|website                  = {{URL|townofpierce.com}}
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'''Pierce''' is a [[town (Wisconsin)|town]] in [[Kewaunee County, Wisconsin|Kewaunee County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States. The population was 833 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US5506162625| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Pierce town, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| access-date=August 8, 2019| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213133916/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US5506162625| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Communities ==

* [[Alaska, Wisconsin|'''Alaska''']] is an [[unincorporated community]] located mostly along County Road D north of its terminus at [[WIS 42]]. The community was named after the [[Alaskan Territory]].
* '''Rostok''' is an unincorporated community also located along WIS 42, but near the southern part of the town at the highway's intersection with 1st Road. The community was named after [[Roztoky|a city]] in [[Bohemia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gard |first=Robpert E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J8auCgAAQBAJ |title=The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |year=2015 |isbn=9780870207082}}</ref>

==Geography==
Pierce is in eastern Kewaunee County and is bordered by the city of [[Algoma, Wisconsin|Algoma]] to the north, [[Kewaunee, Wisconsin|Kewaunee]] to the south, and [[Lake Michigan]] to the east. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|56.1|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|47.9|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|8.3|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 14.71%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 897 people, 329 households, and 261 families in the town. The population density was 48.3 people per square mile (18.6/km{{sup|2}}).  There were 407 housing units at an average density of 21.9 per square mile (8.5/km{{sup|2}}).  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 98.10% White, 0.11% African American, 1.00% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.22% from other races, and 0.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.00%.<ref name="GR2" />

Of the 329 households 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.5% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.4% were non-families. 16.7% of households were one person and 5.2% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.05.

The age distribution was 27.6% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 29.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.4 males.

The median household income was $43,000 and the median family income  was $46,364. Males had a median income of $31,667 versus $23,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,384. About 10.9% of families and 15.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 26.1% of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over.

== Gallery ==
[[File:Wisconsin Highway 42 junction with County Trunk O in the Town of Pierce Wisconsin.jpg|thumb|left|Looking north on Wisconsin Highway 42 at the junction with County Trunk O in the Town of Pierce]]

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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.townofpierce.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:Towns in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Green Bay metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Towns in Wisconsin]]