Boulder Junction, Wisconsin

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Boulder Junction
Boulder Junction, Wisconsin
Boulder Junction
Boulder Junction
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Vilas County
Coordinates : 46 ° 7 ′  N , 89 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 7 ′  N , 89 ° 39 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 183 (as of 2010)
Population density : 61.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.97 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 503 m
Postal code : 54512
Area code : +1 534, 715
FIPS : 55-08925
GNIS ID : 1562091

Boulder Junction is a settlement on community-free area in Vilas County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 , Boulder Junction had 183 residents.

geography

Boulder Junction is located in a forest and lake-rich landscape in northern Wisconsin on Boulder Lake . This is the Manitowish River flowing through it, one of the sources of the over the Wisconsin River to the basin of the Mississippi belonging Flambeau River .

The geographical coordinates of Boulder Junction are 46 ° 06'48 "north latitude and 89 ° 38'41" west longitude. The place extends over an area of ​​2.97 km² and is the main town of the Town of Boulder Junction .

Neighboring towns to Boulder Junction are Star Lake (12 miles east-southeast), Sayner (23.8 km southeast), Arbor Vitae (25.5 km south), Woodruff (25.7 km in the same direction), Lac du Flambeau (29 south-west ), Manitowish Waters (15 miles west-northwest), and Presque Isle (13 miles northwest).

The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (270 km southeast), Appleton (279 km south-southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (426 km in the same direction), Wausau (139 km south), Wisconsin's capital Madison (364 km in the same direction), Eau Claire (272 km southwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (374 km west southwest), Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (250 km west northwest) and Sault Ste. Marie in the Canadian province of Ontario (499 km east-northeast, across from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ).

traffic

County Highways K and M meet in Boulder Junction. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Boulder Junction Payzer Airport there is a small airfield on the northern outskirts. The nearest commercial airport is the Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport (68 km south-southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , Boulder Junction had 183 people in 87 households. The population density was 61.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.1 people lived in each of the 87 households.

Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with four exceptions. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.6 percent (three people) of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

14.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 49.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 36.6 percent were 65 years or older. 47.5 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 46,250  USD . The per capita income was $ 27,523. 2.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 4, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 4, 2014
  3. AirNav.com - Boulder Junction Airport Payzer Retrieved on September 4, 2014

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