Center (Town, Outagamie County)

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Location in Wisconsin
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Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Outagamie County
Coordinates : 44 ° 22 ′  N , 88 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 22 ′  N , 88 ° 26 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
3,402 (as of 2010)
367,516 (as of 2010)
Population density : 36.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 92.3 km 2  (approx. 36 mi 2 )
Height : 244 m
Postal code : 54913
Area code : +1 920
FIPS : 55-13600
GNIS ID : 1582941
Website : centerwi.com
Mayor : Toby Paltzer (Chairperson)
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The Center Valley Grade School , built in 1888, listed in the NRHP since 2011

The Town of Center is one of 20 Towns in Outagamie County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Center had 3,402 inhabitants.

Town has a fundamentally different meaning in Wisconsin than in the rest of the English-speaking area. Rather, it corresponds to the usual townships in the other US states , which form the next smaller administrative unit after the county .

The Town of Center is located in the metropolitan area called Fox Cities .

geography

The Town of Center is located in eastern Wisconsin, in the northern and northwestern suburbs of the city of Appleton and a few kilometers north of the Fox River , which flows into the Green Bay of Lake Michigan around 40 km east-northeast .

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Center are 44 ° 22'14 "north latitude and 88 ° 26'27" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​92.3 km².

The Town of Center is located in the southern center of Outagamie County and is adjacent to the following neighboring towns and communities:

Town of Bovina Town of Black Creek Town of Osborn
Town of Ellington Neighboring communities Town of Freedom
Town of Greenville Town of Grand Chute City of Appleton

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 47 leads in a north-south direction through the area of the Town of Center. In addition, the County Highways A, O and S run through the town, while the County Highway EE forms the eastern border. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Canadian National Railway (CN) line runs through the area of ​​the Town of Center in a north-south direction for freight traffic .

The Outagamie County Regional Airport is located 20 km south-west.

Localities in the Town of Center

In addition to scattered settlements, the following non-community settlements exist in the Town of Center :

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Center had 3,402 people in 1,277 households. The population density was 36.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.66 people in each of the 1277 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.7 percent of the population.

23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.2 percent were 65 years or older. 47.7 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 67,875  USD . The per capita income was $ 30,243. 1.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. Town of Center Town Board. Retrieved March 30, 2014
  2. ^ Wisconsin History - Center Valley Grade School (Ref.No .: 11000162). Retrieved March 30, 2014
  3. a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved March 30, 2014
  4. Map from Google Maps.Retrieved March 30, 2014
  5. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB). Accessed March 30, 2014

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