Clear Lake, Wisconsin
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Polk County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 15 ′ N , 92 ° 16 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,070 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 136.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.82 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 364 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54005 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-15250 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1563164 | ||
| Website : | www.clearlake-wi.gov | ||
| Mayor : | Roger LaBlanc (President) | ||
Clear Lake is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Polk County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Clear Lake had 1,070 residents.
geography
Clear Lake is located on the lake of the same name in northwestern Wisconsin, around 40 km east of the St. Croix River . This forms the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota and flows into the Mississippi about 95 km southwest of Clear Lake .
The geographic coordinates of Clear Lake are 45 ° 15'07 "north latitude and 92 ° 16'17" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 7.82 km² and is almost completely surrounded by the Town of Clear Lake , without belonging to it. To the west, the Town of Black Brook borders the parish.
Neighboring towns to Clear Lake are Clayton (8 miles northeast), Prairie Farm (16 miles east), Glenwood City (17 miles southeast), Forest (9 miles south), Deer Park (10 miles southwest), and Amery (13 km northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) in Minnesota (91 km southwest), Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (198 km north), Eau Claire (100 km southeast) and Rochester in Minnesota (171 km south) . Wisconsin's capital, Madison, is 391 km to the southeast.
traffic
The US Highway 63 runs as the main road through Clear Lake. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire (103 km southeast) and the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (113 km southwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Clear Lake had 1,070 people in 459 households. The population density was 136.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.32 people lived in each of the 459 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 37,202 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,220. 8.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Burleigh Grimes (1893–1985) - baseball player and manager - died in Clear Lake
- Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005) - 35th Governor of Wisconsin (1959–1963) and Democratic US Senator from Wisconsin (1963–1981) - born and raised in Clear Lake
Individual evidence
- ^ Village of Clear Lake - Village Board. Retrieved August 10, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 10, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 10, 2014