Barron (Wisconsin)
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Barron County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 24 ′ N , 91 ° 51 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 3,423 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 446.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.67 km 2 (about 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 338 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 54812 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-04875 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1561202 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofbarron.com | ||
| Mayor : | David Vruwink | ||
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The house of the entrepreneur and mayor Edward N. Stebbins , built in 1895 in the style of the Georgian Revival , has been listed in the NRHP since 2006 |
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Barron is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of Barron County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Barron was the county's second largest city and had a population of 3,423.
geography
Barron is located in northwestern Wisconsin at latitude 45 ° 24 'north and longitude 91 ° 51' west. The urban area extends over an area of 7.67 km² and is on average 338 meters above sea level.
US Highway 8 and Wisconsin Highway 25 run through Barron in an east-west direction . The US Highway 53 runs 9 km east of Barron. The Rice Lake Regional Airport is located 8 km northeast of the city. The city is connected to the Chicago and North Western Railway network.
The nearest larger cities are Rice Lake (approx. 20 km northeast), Eau Claire (approx. 90 km south), the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) in Minnesota (approx. 130 km southwest) and Duluth (approx. 170 km north). Barron is about 370 km northwest of Madison , the state's capital .
population
According to the 2010 census , Barron had 3,423 people in 1,422 households. The population density was 446.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.27 people lived in the 1422 households.
The racial the population was composed of 87.2 percent white, 8.8 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0 percent of the population.
22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.2 percent were 65 years or older. 49.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 36,087 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,601. 17.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
People who are associated with the city
- Charles C. McDonald , former American Air Force general.
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2009 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.
- ↑ Website of the city of Barron, list of department heads of the city administration ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 06000945. Retrieved August 9, 2013
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 9, 2013
- ^ Map of the Chicago and North Western Railway from 1891
