Bay City (Wisconsin)

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Bay City
Bay City (Wisconsin)
Bay City
Bay City
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Pierce County
Coordinates : 44 ° 35 ′  N , 92 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 35 ′  N , 92 ° 27 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 500 (as of 2010)
Population density : 357.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.4 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 1.4 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 210 m
Postal code : 54723
Area code : +1 715
FIPS : 55-05325
GNIS ID : 1561318
Website : www.baycitywi.org
Mayor : Jack Celt (President)

Bay City is a municipality (with the status of Village ) on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Pierce County in the west of the US -amerikanischen state of Wisconsin . At the 2010 census , Bay City had 500 residents.

geography

Bay City is located on the upper reaches of the Mississippi, which forms the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota . The place is at the northwest end of Lake Pepin , a natural reservoir of the Mississippi.

Bay City is at 44 ° 35'08 "north latitude and 92 ° 27'02" west longitude and extends over an area of ​​1.4 km².

Bay City's neighbors are Maiden Rock (12.9 km east-southeast downstream), Salem (13.4 north-east), Esdaile (4.7 km north), and Hager City (8.1 km west-northwest upstream). On the opposite bank in Minnesota is the city of Red Wing (12 km west upstream) by land via Hager City and the Red Wing Bridge .

The closest major cities are Minnesota's capital, St. Paul (76.3 km northwest), Eau Claire (97.9 km east-northeast), La Crosse (155 km southeast) and Rochester , Minnesota (85.6 km south).

traffic

Bay City is located on the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road forming Wisconsin Highway 35 , the minor in the town center on a number of roads meet.

A BNSF Railway runs through Bay City and runs along the entire length of the Mississippi.

Red Wing Regional Airport is 2.8 km west of Bay City .

Individual evidence

  1. US Census 2010.Retrieved March 15, 2012
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 15, 2012

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