Boscobel, Wisconsin
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Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Grant County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 8 ′ N , 90 ° 42 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 3,231 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 436.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.5 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 7.4 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 207 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53805 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-08850 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1562085 | ||
| Website : | www.boscobelwisconsin.com | ||
| Mayor : | Jerry Linder | ||
Boscobel is a small town (with the status " City ") in Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Boscobel had 3231 inhabitants.
geography
Boscobel located in the southwest Wisconsin, the south shore of Wisconsin River , 45 km west-southwest in which the border of Iowa forming Mississippi opens. The Illinois border is 50 miles south of the city.
Neighboring towns are Blue River (13.6 km northeast), Fennimore (18.1 km south-southeast), Woodman (10.2 km southwest) and Steuben (16.2 km northwest).
The closest major cities are La Crosse (110 km northwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (119 km east), Rockford , Illinois (201 km southeast) and Dubuque , Iowa (83.5 km south).
traffic
The US Highway 61 and the Wisconsin State Highway 133 and County Highway M and S pass through Boscobel. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railroad line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad runs along the Wisconsin River for freight traffic , which runs from the Mississippi to Madison and from there to Milwaukee .
With Boscobel Airport, there is a small airfield in the northeast of the urban area. The nearest major airports are Dubuque Regional Airport (60 miles south) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (79 miles east).
population
According to the 2010 census , Boscobel had 3231 people in 1195 households. The population density was 436.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.3 people lived in each of the 1195 households.
The racial the population was composed of 90.1 percent white, 8.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.1 percent Polynesian; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14 percent were 65 years or older. 45.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 44,815 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,943. 19.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 13, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 13, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - Boscobel Airport Accessed on September 13, 2013