Greendale, Wisconsin

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Greendale
Greendale Town Hall
Greendale Town Hall
Location in Wisconsin
Milwaukee County Wisconsin incorporated and unincorporated areas Greendale highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1936
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Milwaukee County
Coordinates : 42 ° 56 ′  N , 88 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 56 ′  N , 88 ° 0 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
14,046 (status: 2010)
1,751,316 (status: 2010)
Population density : 973.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 14.43 km 2  (about 6 mi 2 )
Height : 225 m
Postcodes : 53129, 53130, 53220
Area code : +1 414
FIPS : 55-31125
GNIS ID : 1565837
Website : www.greendale.org
Mayor : John R. Hermes

Greendale is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Milwaukee County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Greendale had 14,046 residents, which increased to 14,340 by 2013.

The Greendale parish is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area .

geography

Greendale is located in the southwest suburb of the city of Milwaukee on the Root River , a tributary of Lake Michigan about 10 km to the east .

The geographical coordinates of Greendale are 42 ° 56'26 "north latitude and 87 ° 59'45" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​14.43 km².

Milwaukee city center is 10 miles northeast. Other neighboring towns are Greenfield (on the northern and eastern boundary), Franklin (on the southeast, southern and southwestern boundary) and Hales Corners (on the western boundary).

The nearest major cities besides Milwaukee are Green Bay (205 km north), Appleton (176 km north-northwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (129 km west), Chicago in the neighboring state of Illinois (140 km south-southeast) and Racine (36.8 km southeast) .

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 36 extends in the northeast-southwest direction as the main road through Greendale. In the northwest, the community is bounded by Wisconsin Highway 24 . All other roads in Greendale are minor country roads, unpaved driveways or inter-urban connecting roads.

Milwaukee's Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport is eight kilometers east of Greendale .

history

Greendale in 1939

Greendale was built from 1936 as one of the Greenbelt Towns that were created as part of the New Deal .

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1960 6845 -
1970 15,089 120.4%
1980 16,928 12.2%
1990 15,128 -10.6%
2000 14,405 -4.8%
2010 14,046 -2.5%
2013 estimate 14,340 2.1%
1960–2000 2010 2013

population

According to the 2010 census , Greendale had 14,046 people in 6,075 households. The population density was 973.4 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.31 people lived in the 6,075 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.8 percent white, 1.2 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 3.1 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.7 percent of the population.

22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.2 percent were 65 years or older. 53.4 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 65,000  USD . The per capita income was $ 33,989. 7.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Village of Greendale - Village President. Retrieved July 30, 2014
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 30, 2014
  3. a b United States Census Bureau - State & County QuickFacts ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 30, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  4. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 30, 2014
  5. ^ Wisconsin History - The Planned Community of Greendale, Wisconsin.Retrieved July 30, 2014
  6. US Decennial Census.Retrieved July 30, 2014

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