Bayfield, Wisconsin

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Bayfield
Center of Bayfield, listed as a Historic District in the NRHP since 1980 [1]
Center of Bayfield as Historic District since 1980 NRHP listed
Location in Wisconsin
Bayfield, Wisconsin
Bayfield
Bayfield
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Bayfield County
Coordinates : 46 ° 49 ′  N , 90 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 49 ′  N , 90 ° 49 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 487 (as of 2010)
Population density : 216.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.25 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 199 m
Postal code : 54814
Area code : +1 715
FIPS : 55-05350
GNIS ID : 1561325
Website : cityofbayfield.com
Mayor : Larry MacDonald
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Bayfield Harbor

Bayfield is a small town (with the status " City ") in Bayfield County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Bayfield had 487 residents.

geography

Bayfield is located in northern Wisconsin in the Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior , the largest of the five Great Lakes . The geographical coordinates of Bayfield are 46 ° 48'39 "north latitude and 90 ° 49'06" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​2.25 km².

East of Bayfield are the Apostle Islands , which were placed under protection as Apostle Islands National Lakeshore . Big Bay State Park is located on Madeline Island , the largest of the Apostle Islands .

Bayfield's neighbors are Red Cliff (5.8 km north-northeast) and Washburn (19.9 km south-southwest).

The closest major cities are Green Bay (448 km southeast), Eau Claire (290 km south-southwest), Minnesota's largest city, Minneapolis (339 km southwest), Duluth , Minnesota (138 km west) and Thunder Bay on the opposite bank of the lake in the Canadian province of Ontario (450 km north-northeast) (442 km first west and then northeast by land, much shorter by water).

The border with Canada is around 400 km north.

traffic

From Bayfield there is a ferry to the offshore island of Madeline Island.

The State Trunk Highway 13 runs as the main road through Bayfield. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

By Madeline Iceland Airport is located on the island of a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau (317 km south-southeast), Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire (285 km south-southwest), Duluth International Airport (147 km west) and the larger Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (346 km) km southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Bayfield had 487 people in 261 households. The population density was 211.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 1.87 people each in the 261 households.

The racial the population was composed of 77.8 percent white, 0.2 percent (one person) African American, 14.8 percent Native American and 1.0 percent Asian; 6.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

15.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 29,620  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,504. 12.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Web links

Commons : Bayfield, Wisconsin  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 80000106.Retrieved August 12, 2013
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 12, 2013
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed August 7, 2013