Biron, Wisconsin

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Biron
Biron, Wisconsin
Biron
Biron
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Wood County
Coordinates : 44 ° 25 ′  N , 89 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 25 ′  N , 89 ° 47 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 839 (as of 2010)
Population density : 69.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 16.58 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of
which 12.07 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 312 m
Postal code : 54494
Area code : +1 534, 715
FIPS : 55-07650
GNIS ID : 1561824
Website : bironwisconsin.org
Mayor : Jon Evenson (President)
BironWisconsinSign.jpg
West entrance to Biron

Biron is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Wood County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Biron had 839 inhabitants.

geography

Biron is located in central Wisconsin on the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Biron are 44 ° 25'26 "north latitude and 89 ° 46'49" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​16.58 km², which is spread over 12.07 km² of land and 4.51 km² of water.

Neighboring towns of Biron are Wisconsin Rapids (on the southwestern boundary), Plover (20.9 km east-northeast) and Lake Wazeecha (7.6 km south-southeast).

The nearest major cities are Wausau (84.6 km north), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (166 km east), Appleton (126 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (258 km southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (180 km south), La Crosse on the Mississippi (166 km west southwest), Eau Claire (162 km west northwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (296 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (409 km northwest).

traffic

The WIS 54 in an easterly direction

The Wisconsin State Highway 54 runs through the south of the local area of ​​Biron. The County Highway U, which runs along the Wisconsin River, is the main road through the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

For freight traffic, Biron is on the Canadian National Railway (CN) network. connected.

With the South Wood County Airport in Wisconsin Rapids there is a small airfield 10.2 km southwest. The nearest commercial airport is Central Wisconsin Airport near Wausau (60 km north-northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , 839 people in 366 households lived in Biron. The population density was 69.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.24 people lived in each of the 366 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.7 percent white and 0.8 percent African American; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

19.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.5 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 49,167  USD . The per capita income was $ 27,260. 8.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 17, 2014
  2. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 17, 2014
  3. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved March 17, 2014

Web links

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