Cambridge (Wisconsin)
| Cambridge | |||
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 Center of Cambridge |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| Counties : |
Dane County Jefferson County |
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| Coordinates : | 43 ° 0 ′ N , 89 ° 1 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,457 (as of 2010) 568,593 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 390.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.73 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 259 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53523 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-12225 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1562561 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.cambridge.wi.us | ||
| Mayor : | Steve Struss (President) | ||
 Scandinavian church |
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Cambridge is a town (with the status " Village ") in Dane and to a lesser extent in Jefferson County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Cambridge had 1,457 residents.
Cambridge is part of the Madison metropolitan area .
geography
Cambridge is located in south central Wisconsin, in the eastern suburbs of its capital, Madison . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located on the Mississippi and is 174 km west-southwest.
The geographical coordinates of Cambridge are 43 ° 00'13 "north latitude and 89 ° 00'59" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 3.73 km².
Central Madison is 23 miles to the west. Neighboring towns to Cambridge are Lake Mills (9 miles northeast), Jefferson (11 miles east), Fort Atkinson (11 miles southeast), Albion (11 miles southwest), Edgerton (14 miles in the same direction ), Stoughton (15 miles southwest), and Deerfield (5.5 miles northwest).
The closest major cities to Madison are Green Bay (220 km northeast), Milwaukee (100 km east), Chicago (198 km southeast) and Rockford (93.3 km south).
traffic
US Highways 12 and 18 and Wisconsin State Highway 134 meet in Cambridge . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (39.6 km north-northeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Cambridge had 1,457 people in 615 households. The population density was 390.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.37 people lived in each of the 615 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.
24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 67,396 USD . The per capita income was $ 30,384. 8.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Ole Evinrude (1877–1934) - inventor - grew up in Cambridge
- Matt Kenseth (* 1972) - NASCAR racing driver - born and raised in Cambridge
- Knute Nelson (1843–1923) - from 1893 to 1895, the twelfth governor of Minnesota - practiced as a lawyer in Cambridge for several years
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 29, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 29, 2013
- ↑ Biography of Ole Evinrude.Retrieved November 29, 2013
- ↑ MattKenseth.com - About Matt Kenseth ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 29, 2013
