Augusta, Wisconsin

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Augusta
Augusta, Wisconsin
Augusta
Augusta
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Eau Claire County
Coordinates : 44 ° 41 ′  N , 91 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 41 ′  N , 91 ° 7 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,550 (as of 2010)
Population density : 273.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.67 km 2  (about 2 mi 2 )
Height : 293 m
Postal code : 54722
Area code : +1 715,534
FIPS : 55-03825
GNIS ID : 1561013
Website : cityofaugusta.org
Mayor : Delton Thorson
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Location of Augusta in Eau Claire County

Augusta is a small town (with the status of City ) in Eau Claire County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . At the 2010 census , Augusta had 1,550 inhabitants.

geography

Augusta is located in central northwest Wisconsin at 44 ° 40'49 "north latitude and 91 ° 07'12" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​5.67 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Bridge Creek without belonging to it.

Neighboring towns to Augusta are Ludington (18 km north), Fairchild (17 km southeast), Osseo (19 km southwest), and Fall Creek (16.6 km northwest).

The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (302 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (267 km southeast), La Crosse (125 km south-southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (173 km southwest) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota (186 km west ).

traffic

The US Highway 12 runs from west to east direction as the main road through Augusta. Coming from the north, Wisconsin State Highway 27 joins US 12 and leads with this on a common route to the east out of the city. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Union Pacific Railroad runs parallel to US 12 through the urban area of ​​Augusta.

The nearest airport is Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (25 miles northwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Augusta had 1,550 people in 614 households. The population density was 273.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.43 people lived in each of the 614 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.1 percent of the population.

25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 36,648  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,411. 20.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 30, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 30, 2014

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