Adams (Adams County, Wisconsin)
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| Foundation : | 1912 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Adams County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 57 ′ N , 89 ° 49 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,967 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 256.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.67 km 2 (about 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 293 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53910 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-00275 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1560681 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofadams-wi.gov | ||
| Mayor : | JanAlyn Baumgartner | ||
Adams is a small town (with the status " City ") in the Town of Adams in Adams County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Adams had 1967 residents.
geography
Adams is located in central Wisconsin at 43 ° 57'22 "north latitude and 89 ° 49'05" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 7.67 km².
Neighboring towns to Adams are Friendship (on the northern city limits), Grand Marsh (10 miles southeast), Easton (9 miles south), and Dellwood (8 miles west).
The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (197 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (234 km southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (127 km south-southeast), Chicago in Illinois (349 km in the same direction), Rockford in Illinois ( 228 km south), Rochester , Minnesota (251 km west), Eau Claire (191 km west-northwest), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (338 km in the same direction).
traffic
The State Trunk Highway 13 runs north-south direction as the main road through Adams. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
With the Adams County Legion Field Airport is located on the eastern outskirts of a small airfield. The nearest regional airports are Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau (121 km north) and Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (119 km south).
history
Adams was founded in 1912 when the North Western Railroad was building a line from Chicago to the Twin Cities and adding a station halfway there. Due to the railway, the population grew, so that after a few years the settlement was incorporated as the Village of Adams . In 1926, Adams was elevated to the status of "City".
population
According to the 2010 census , Adams had 1967 people in 886 households. The population density was 256.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.2 people lived in each of the 886 households.
The racial the population was composed of 94.8 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.3 percent of the population.
24.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.5 percent were 65 years or older. 54.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 26,120 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,379. 19.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 3, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Retrieved on August 3, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - Adams County Legion Field Airport Accessed on August 3, 2013
- ↑ City of Adams ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2017 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 August 3, 2013
