Clinton, Wisconsin

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Clinton
Clinton City Hall, listed on the NRHP since 1985 [1]
Clinton City Hall, listed on the NRHP since 1985
Location in Wisconsin
Clinton, Wisconsin
Clinton
Clinton
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Rock county
Coordinates : 42 ° 33 ′  N , 88 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 33 ′  N , 88 ° 52 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,154 (as of 2010)
Population density : 593.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.63 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 292 m
Postal code : 53525
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-15625
GNIS ID : 1563193
Website : www.clintonwi.us
Mayor : Connie L. Tracy
2013-09-14 JL Pangborn House, 300 Allen St., Clinton, WI.jpg
The JL Pangborn House in Clinton, listed on the NRHP since 1985

Clinton is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Rock County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Clinton had 2,154 residents.

geography

Clinton is located in southern Wisconsin, about 3 miles north of the Illinois border . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located on the Mississippi and is 163 km to the west.

The geographical coordinates of Clinton are 42 ° 33'28 "north latitude and 88 ° 51'54" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​3.63 km².

Neighboring towns of Clinton are Avalon (9 km north), Fairfield (14.9 km northeast), Darien (14 & km east-northeast), Sharon (17.4 km southeast), Poplar Grove in Illinois (15.5 km south), Beloit ( 15.2 km southwest) and Janesville (25.2 km northwest).

The closest major cities are Wisconsin's capital Madison (86.8 km northwest), Milwaukee (107 km northeast), Chicago (148 km southeast), and Rockford (46.8 km southwest).

traffic

Interstate 43 , which connects Milwaukee with Rockford, runs about a mile north of the Clinton city limits . The Wisconsin State Highway 140 runs north-south direction as the main road through the center of Clinton. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

Two Union Pacific Railroad lines meet in Clinton .

With the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville there is a small airport 19.8 km west-northwest. The nearest commercial airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (96.2 km north-northwest) and Chicago Rockford International Airport (53.5 km south-southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Clinton had 2,154 people in 801 households. The population density was 593.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.58 people lived in each of the 801 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.9 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 4.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 8.0 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 48,871  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,409. 9.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 85001660.Retrieved December 16, 2013
  2. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 85001664.Retrieved December 16, 2013
  3. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 16, 2013
  4. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on December 16, 2013
  5. ^ Wisconsin History - Louis P. Harvey. Retrieved December 16, 2013

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