Brandon (Wisconsin)
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 Brandon town center |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1856 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Fond du Lac County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 44 ′ N , 88 ° 47 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
879 (as of 2010) 101,633 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 441.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 1.99 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 305 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53919 | ||
| Area code : | +1 920 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-09300 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1562145 | ||
| Website : | villageofbrandon.com | ||
| Mayor : | Steve Tetzlaff (President) | ||
 The town hall built in 1894 and the Brandon library, listed in the NRHP since 2008 |
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Brandon is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Fond du Lac County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Brandon had 879 residents.
Brandon is part of the metropolitan area of Fond du Lac, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area .
geography
Brandon is located in southeastern Wisconsin, around 80 km west of Lake Michigan . The geographical coordinates of Brandon are 43 ° 44'07 "north latitude and 88 ° 46'52" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 1.99 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Metomen , but does not belong to it.
Neighboring towns to Brandon are Rosendale (10 miles northeast), Lamartine (12 miles east), Waupun (15.2 miles southeast), Fox Lake (16.2 miles southwest), Fairwater (7.8 miles west), and Ripon (15.6 km north-northwest).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (127 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (121 km southeast), Chicago , Illinois (270 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (191 km southwest), and Wisconsin's capital Madison (103 km southwest ).
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 49 leads as the main road through Brandon. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Two railway lines of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR), a regional ( Class II ) freight transport company, meet in Brandon .
With the Fond du Lac County Airport there is a small airfield 29 km east. The nearest commercial airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (98.9 km southwest) and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (131 km southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Brandon had 879 people in 336 households. The population density was 441.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.58 people lived in each of the 336 households.
The racial the population was composed of 94.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American and 3.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.0 percent of the population.
28.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 51,750 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,151. 6.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Laura Ramsey (* 1982), actress - born and raised in Brandon
Individual evidence
- ^ Wisconsin History - Brandon Village Hall and Library. Retrieved February 9, 2014
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 07001388.Retrieved February 9, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 9, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 9, 2014
