Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
| Beaver Dam | |||
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 Center of Beaver Dam |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1852 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Dodge County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 27 ′ N , 88 ° 50 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 16,214 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 921.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 21.16 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 17.59 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 268 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53039 | ||
| Area code : | +1 920 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-05900 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1561457 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofbeaverdam.com | ||
| Mayor : | Tom Kennedy | ||
Beaver Dam is the largest city (with the status " City ") in Dodge County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Beaver Dam had 16,214 residents.
geography
Beaver Dam is located in southeastern Wisconsin, on Beaver Dam Lake , a reservoir of the Beaver Dam River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin via the Crawfish and Rock River . The geographical coordinates of Beaver Dam are 43 ° 27'28 "north latitude and 88 ° 50'14" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 21.16 km², which is spread over 17.59 km² of land and 3.57 km² of water.
Neighboring towns to Beaver Dam are Waupun (22.1 km north-northeast), Burnett (13.9 km east-northeast), Horicon (17.7 km east), Juneau (14.3 km southeast), Leipsig (7 km south), Lowell ( 15.5 km in the same direction), Columbus (20.2 km southwest), Fall River (13.2 km west-southwest), Randolph (13.7 km northwest), and Fox Lake (14.7 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (153 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (99.7 km southeast), Chicago , Illinois (150 miles southeast), Rockford , Illinois (157 km southwest) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (65 , 9 km southwest).
traffic
The four-lane US Highway 151 runs along the eastern city limits. The Wisconsin State Highway 33 leads as the main road through the center of Beaver Dam. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
For freight traffic, a Wisconsin and Southern Railroad runs northwest to east through the Beaver Dam metropolitan area.
With the Dodge County Airport there is a small airfield 13.4 km east-southeast. The nearest commercial airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (62 km southwest) and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (111 km southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Beaver Dam had 16,214 people in 6,819 households. The population density was 921.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.32 people lived in each of the 6819 households.
The racial the population was composed of 93.0 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian and 3.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.5 percent of the population.
25.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 46,581 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,885. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- A. Scott Sloan (1820–1895) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1861–1863), lived for a long time in Beaver Dam and is buried here
- Michael E. Burke (1863–1918) - Democratic MP in the US House of Representatives (1911–1917), always lived in Beaver Dam
- Zona Gale (1874–1938) - Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, attended school in Beaver Dam
- Robert Kastenmeier (1924–2015) - Democratic Member of the US House of Representatives (1959–1991), born and raised in Beaver Dam
- Bobby Hatfield (1940–2003) - singer, born in Beaver Dam
- David Maley (* 1963) - former ice hockey player, born and raised in Beaver Dam
- Eric Baldwin (* 1984) - Poker player, born in Beaver Dam
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 15, 2014
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Andrew Scott Sloan.Retrieved January 15, 2014
- ^ Find a Grave - Andrew Scott Sloan. Retrieved January 15, 2014
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Michael E. Burke Retrieved January 15, 2014
- ^ Find a Grave - Michael E. Burke.Retrieved January 15, 2014
- ↑ - Notable Names Database - Zona Gale.Retrieved January 15, 2014
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Robert Kastenmeier.Retrieved January 15, 2014
- ↑ RighteousBrothers.com - Bobby Hatfield ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 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. Retrieved January 15, 2014
- ↑ Hockey Hall of Fame - David Joseph Maley.Retrieved January 15, 2014
