Casco, Wisconsin

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Location in Wisconsin
Casco, Wisconsin
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Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Kewaunee County
Coordinates : 44 ° 33 ′  N , 87 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 33 ′  N , 87 ° 37 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
583 (as of 2010)
306,241 (as of 2010)
Population density : 325.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.79 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 222 m
Postal code : 54205
Area code : +1 920
FIPS : 55-12850
GNIS ID : 1562762
Website : www.cascowi.com
Mayor : Kelly Pinchart (President)

Casco is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Kewaunee County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Casco had 583 inhabitants.

Casco is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Green Bay .

geography

Casco is located in eastern Wisconsin on the Door Peninsula , which separates Green Bay from Lake Michigan proper . The geographical coordinates of Casco are 44 ° 33'28 "north latitude and 87 ° 37'05" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​1.79 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Casco , but does not belong to it.

Casco's neighbors are Algoma (16.9 km northeast), Kewaunee (16.7 km southeast), Luxemburg (8.1 km west-southwest) and Dyckesville (19.1 km northwest).

The closest major cities are Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (194 km south), Chicago , Illinois (339 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (259 km southwest), and Green Bay (21.5 km west).

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 54 runs in a west-east direction as the main road through Casco and crosses the County Highway C. All other roads are subordinate highways, partly unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

Through Casco runs on a former railway line of the former Ahnapee and Western Railway with the Ahnapee State Trail, a rail trail for hikers and cyclists. In winter, the trail can also be used on snowmobiles and skis.

The nearest airports are Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay (51.1 km west) and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (204 km south).

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 583 people in 230 households in Casco. The population density was 325.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 230 households.

The racial the population was composed of 91.1 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 2.4 percent Native American and 3.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.5 percent of the population.

29.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.3 percent were 65 years or older. 52.5 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 41,389  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,799. 5.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 9, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 9, 2014
  3. ^ Department of Natural Resources - Ahnapee State Trail.Retrieved March 9, 2014

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