Clark County, Wisconsin

administration
Clark County Courthouse
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Neillsville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 517 Court Street Neillsville, WI 54456-1971
Foundation :	1853
Made up from:	Crawford County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	34,690 (2010)
Population density :	11 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3157 km²
Water surface :	9 km²
map

Website : www.co.clark.wi.us

The Clark County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 34,690 people and a population density of 11 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Neillsville .

geography

The county is located slightly northwest of the geographic center of Wisconsin and has an area of 3,157 square kilometers, of which 9 square kilometers are water. In north-south direction the county is traversed by the Black River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The following neighboring counties border Clark County:

Chippewa County	Taylor County
Eau Claire County		Marathon County
	Jackson County	Wood County

history

Clark County was formed in 1853 from parts of Crawford County. It was named after George Rogers Clark , a general in the American Revolutionary War, or after AW Clark , the founder of Clark's Mill in northwestern Wisconsin.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	25,848	-
1910	30,074	16.3%
1920	35,120	16.8%
1930	34,165	-2.7%
1940	33,972	-0.6%
1950	32,459	-4.5%
1960	31,527	-2.9%
1970	30,361	-3.7%
1980	32,910	8.4%
1990	31,647	-3.8%
2000	33,557	6%
2010	34,690	3.4%
2012 estimate	34,435	-0.7%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

According to the 2010 census , Clark County had 34,690 people in 13,132 households. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.59 people lived in each of the 13,132 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

28.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.7 percent were 65 years or older. 49.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 42,756 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,202. 13.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Clark County localities

Citys

Villages

Unity ¹
Withee

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Marathon County

2 - mostly in Chippewa County}

structure

In addition to eight cities and five villages, Clark County is divided into 33 towns :

Town	Pop. (2010)	FIPS
Beaver	885	55-05750
butler	96	55-11425
Colby	874	55-16175
Dewhurst	323	55-20025
Eaton	712	55-22250
Foster	95	55-26775
Fremont	1265	55-27775
Grant	916	55-30275
Green Grove	756	55-31275
Hendren	499	55-33900
Hewett	293	55-34200

Town	Pop. (2010)	FIPS
Hixon	808	55-35050
Hoard	841	55-35125
Levis	492	55-43700
Longwood	858	55-45700
Loyal	826	55-46100
Lynn	861	55-46625
Mayville	961	55-50175
Mead	321	55-50275
mentor	584	55-51125
Pine Valley	1157	55-63000
Reseburg	776	55-67025

Town	Pop. (2010)	FIPS
Soap	172	55-72450
Sherman	882	55-73350
Sherwood	220	55-73550
Thorp	808	55-79650
Unity	878	55-81825
Warner	669	55-83350
Washburn	290	55-83575
Weston	699	55-85925
Withee	966	55-88300
Been	666	55-89125
York	886	55-89425

^Thorp

^Withee

^Hixon

^Hoard

^Mayville

^Colby

^Unity

^Sherman

^Fremont

^Lynn

^Sherwood

^Washburn

^Levis

^Dewhurst

^mentor

^Foster

^butler

^Been

^Reseburg

^Longwood

^Green

^Grove

^Beaver

^Loyal

^York

^Grant

^{Pine Valley}

^Hewett

^Soap

^Hendren

^Mead

^Warner

^Eaton

^Weston

¹

^{1 - Stanley}

²

^{2 - Thorp}

³

^{3 - Withee}

^4th

^{4 - Owen}

⁵

^{5 - Curtiss}

^6th

^{6 - Dorchester}

^7th

^{7 - Abbotsford}

^8th

^{8 - Colby}

⁹

^{9 - Unity}

¹⁰

^{10 - Greenwood}

¹¹

^{11 - Loyal}

¹²

^{12 - Neillsville}

¹³

^{13 - Granton}

Individual evidence

^ Clark County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Clark County, WI. Retrieved September 25, 2013
↑ ^a ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved September 25, 2013
^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Wisconsin ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 25, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu

Web links

Commons : Clark County, Wisconsin - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

44.73 -90.61Coordinates: 44 ° 44 ′ N , 90 ° 37 ′ W

[1] Clark County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-2] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Clark County, WI. Retrieved September 25, 2013

[naco-3] National Association of Counties.Retrieved September 25, 2013

[4] Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

[5] Missouri Census Data Center - Wisconsin ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 25, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu