Chaseburg

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Chaseburg
Chaseburg, Wisconsin
Chaseburg
Chaseburg
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Vernon County
Coordinates : 43 ° 39 ′  N , 91 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 39 ′  N , 91 ° 6 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 284 (as of 2010)
Population density : 117.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.41 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 216 m
Postal code : 54621
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-14150
GNIS ID : 1562965

Chase Castle is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Vernon County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Chaseburg had 284 inhabitants.

geography

Chaseburg is located in southwest Wisconsin on Coon Creek , which flows into the Mississippi 12 km west of the town . The intersection of the three states of Minnesota , Iowa and Wisconsin is located on the Mississippi and is 17 miles to the southwest.

Chaseburg is located in the Driftless Area known as the Ice Age-shaped region, which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois. During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.

The geographical coordinates of Chaseburg are 43 ° 39'28 "north latitude and 91 ° 05'47" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​2.41 km². The place is completely enclosed by the Town of Hamburg without belonging to it.

Neighboring towns of Chaseburg are Coon Valley (9.6 km northeast), Westby (22.9 km east), Viroqua (25.3 km southeast), Newton (13.8 km southeast ), Genoa on the Mississippi (18.7 km southwest) , Stoddard at the confluence of Coon Creek with the Mississippi (12.3 km west) and Pleasant Valley (11.5 km northwest).

The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (333 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (324 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (182 km southeast), Rockford in Illinois (309 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa ( 290 km south), Cedar Rapids , Iowa (251 km south-southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (144 km west-northwest), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (258 km northwest).

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 162 , which runs along Coon Creek, is the main road through Chaseburg. The main street of the place is formed by County Highway K, which leaves Chaseburg over a bridge over Coon Creek in a southerly direction. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (33.3 km northwest), Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minnesota (142 km west northwest) and Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (196 km southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 284 people in 121 households in Chaseburg. The population density was 117.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in the 121 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.4 percent (one person) Asian and 1.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.0 percent were 65 years or older. 45.8 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 40,865  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,579. 8.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 25, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 25, 2013

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