Amherst, Wisconsin
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 Center of Amherst |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Portage County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 27 ′ N , 89 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,035 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 295.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.5 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 320 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54406 | ||
| Area code : | +1 534, 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-01750 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1560831 | ||
| Website : | www.amherstwi.govoffice2.com | ||
| Mayor : | Michael Juris (President) | ||
 The Portage County Fairground in Amherst |
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Amherst is a town (with the status " Village ") in Portage County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Amherst had 1,035 inhabitants.
geography
Amherst is located in central Wisconsin on both sides of the Tomorrow River , which is part of the Lake Michigan catchment area via the Wolf River , the Fox River and Lake Winnebago . The Tomorrow River is dammed into a small lake by a weir in the center of Amherst.
The geographical coordinates of Amherst are 44 ° 27'03 "north latitude and 89 ° 17'05" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 3.5 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Amherst without belonging to it.
Neighboring towns to Amherst are Scandinavia (12.3 km east), Sheridan (10.3 km southeast), Plover (13.4 km west), Amherst Junction (3.7 km northwest), and Nelsonville (6 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Wausau (81.5 km northwest), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (121 km east), Appleton (82.1 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (216 km southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (184 km south ), La Crosse along the Mississippi River (205 km west-south-west), Eau Claire (209 km WNW) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota (339 km in the same direction).
traffic
The four-lane US Highway 10 runs in a northwest-southeast direction along the southwestern outskirts of Amherst. The county highways A, B and KK meet in the center. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Parallel to US 10, a Canadian National Railway (CN) line runs through the center of Amherst for freight traffic .
About 500 m north of the outskirts of Amherst, the Tomorrow River State Trail leads in a west-east direction , a rail trail for hikers and cyclists that follows the route of a former railway line . In winter, the hiking trail can also be used with snowmobiles.
The nearest airport is Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee (58.5 km northwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Amherst had 1,035 people in 434 households. The population density was 295.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in each of the 434 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
29.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 53,208 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,580. 14.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ Village of Amherst - Michael Juris.Retrieved March 24, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 24, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed March 24, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB). Accessed March 24, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Tomorrow River State Trail.Retrieved March 24, 2014
