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{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Town of Rome | official_name = | settlement_type = Town | nickname = | motto = A Town for All Seasons <!-- Images --> | image_skyline = Rome Town Hall.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Town hall | image_flag = | image_seal = <!-- Maps --> | image_map = Adams County Wisconsin incorporated and unincorporated areas Rome highlighted.svg | mapsize = 260px | map_caption = Location in [[Adams County, Wisconsin|Adams County]] and the state of [[Wisconsin]]. <!-- Location -->| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}} | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Wisconsin}} | subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Wisconsin|County]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Adams County, Wisconsin|Adams]] | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = | established_date = <!-- Area --> | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 161.3 | area_land_km2 = 140.2 | area_water_km2 = 21.2 <!-- Population -->| population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]] | population_footnotes = <ref name="2020 Census">{{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Rome town, Adams County, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Rome%20town,%20Adams%20County,%20Wisconsin |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 31, 2024}}</ref> | population_total = 3025 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- General information -->| timezone = [[Central Time Zone (Americas)|Central (CST)]] | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_ft = | coordinates = | postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]s | postal_code = 54457 | area_code = [[Area code 608|608, 715]] | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 55-69275 | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 2742066 | website = {{URL|www.romewi.com}} | footnotes = }} The '''Town of Rome''' is located in [[Adams County, Wisconsin|Adams County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Wisconsin]]. The population was 3,025 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], up from 2,720 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5500169275| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212161725/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5500169275| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Rome town, Adams County, Wisconsin| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=September 6, 2013}}</ref> The census-designated places of [[Lake Arrowhead, Wisconsin|Lake Arrowhead]], [[Lake Camelot, Wisconsin|Lake Camelot]], and [[Lake Sherwood, Wisconsin|Lake Sherwood]] are located in the town. The unincorporated communities of '''New Rome''' and '''Rome''' are also located in the town. ==Geography== {{wide image|Rome, Wisconsin-2.jpg|180px||100%|left |alt=Rome, Wisconsin in Adams County}} The Town of Rome is located in the northwestern corner of Adams County. [[Petenwell Lake]], an impoundment of the [[Wisconsin River]], covers the western border of the town. Lake Arrowhead, Lake Sherwood, and Camelot Lake are impoundments on Fourteenmile Creek, a tributary of the Wisconsin River, and are surrounded by census-designated places named after the lakes. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|161.3|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|140.2|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|21.2|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 13.13%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> ==Demographics== As of the [[census]]<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> of 2000, there were 2,656 people, 1,181 households, and 884 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 49.0 people per square mile (18.9/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 2,354 housing units at an average density of 43.4 per square mile (16.8/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 98.42% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.26% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.45% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.83% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.26% of the population. There were 1,181 households, out of which 19.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.1% were non-families. 20.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.57. In the town, the population was spread out, with 17.2% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 20.4% from 25 to 44, 34.3% from 45 to 64, and 24.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.0 males. The median income for a household in the town was $44,000, and the median income for a family was $46,579. Males had a median income of $40,682 versus $22,083 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $23,901. About 3.0% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over. ==Further reading== A sesquicentennial history of the town, Mark Scarborough's ''There's No Place Like Rome: Celebrating the Journey, 1857 to 2007'', was published by Barking Dog Press in time to be released at the Taste of Rome event in July 2007. A hardcover 268-page book with 170 photos and featuring 30 interviews with town elders, ''There's No Place Like Rome'' chronicles the history of Rome from its hardscrabble agricultural start to its transformation as a recreational Mecca. Scarborough is a former historian of the Wisconsin Rapids ''Daily Tribune'', where he worked from 1986 to 2003. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Adams County, Wisconsin}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in Adams County, Wisconsin]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1857]] [[Category:Towns in Wisconsin]] [[Category:1857 establishments in Wisconsin]]
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