Birnamwood, Wisconsin

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Birnamwood
Birnamwood town center
Birnamwood town center
Location in Wisconsin
Birnamwood, Wisconsin
Birnamwood
Birnamwood
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
Counties : Shawano County
Marathon County
Coordinates : 44 ° 56 ′  N , 89 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 56 ′  N , 89 ° 13 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 818 (as of 2010)
Population density : 143 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.72 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 397 m
Postal code : 54414
Area code : +1 534, 715
FIPS : 55-07600
GNIS ID : 1561822

Birnamwood is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Shawano County and to a lesser extent in Marathon County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Birnamwood had 818 residents.

geography

Birnamwood is located in northeastern Wisconsin, around 120 km west of Green Bay on Lake Michigan .

The geographical coordinates of Birnamwood are 44 ° 56'00 "north latitude and 89 ° 12'34" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​5.72 km².

Neighboring towns of Birnamwood are Aniwa (9 km north), Mattoon (22 km northeast), Bowler (15 km east-southeast), Wittenberg (15 km south-southeast), Eland (8.5 km south) and Norrie (8.4 km southwest ).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (119 km east-southeast), Appleton (117 km southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (263 km south-southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (237 km south), Wausau (36 km west), Eau Claire (203 km in the same direction), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (326 km also west), Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (397 km northwest), and Sault Ste. Marie in the Canadian province of Ontario (522 km northeast, across from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ).

traffic

The US Highway 45 runs in a north-south direction as the main road through Birnamwood. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The Wiouwash State Trail runs parallel to US 45 through Birnamwood, a rail trail for hikers, riders and cyclists that follows the route of a former railway line . In winter, the trail can also be used with cross-country skis and snowmobiles.

The nearest airports are Central Wisconsin Airport at Wausau (53 km west-southwest), Outagamie County Regional Airport at Appleton (111 km southeast) and Austin Straubel International Airport at Green Bay (119 km east-southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , Birnamwood had 818 people in 343 households. The population density was 143 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 343 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 49,018  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,263. 16.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 24, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 24, 2014
  3. ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Wiouwash State Trail.Retrieved August 24, 2014

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