Cobb (Wisconsin)

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Location in Wisconsin
Cobb (Wisconsin)
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Basic data
Foundation : 1847
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Iowa County
Coordinates : 42 ° 58 ′  N , 90 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 58 ′  N , 90 ° 20 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
458 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 213 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.15 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 357 m
Postal code : 53526
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-15975
GNIS ID : 1563218
Website : villageofcobb.com
Mayor : Robert Roelli (President)

Cobb is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Iowa County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Cobb had 458 inhabitants.

Cobb is part of the Madison metropolitan area .

geography

Cobb is located in southwest Wisconsin. The intersection of the three states of Minnesota , Iowa and Wisconsin is located on the Mississippi and is 126 km to the northwest. After Illinois there are 63 km to the south.

The geographical coordinates of Cobb are 42 ° 58'03 "north latitude and 90 ° 19'46" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​2.15 km². The place is completely enclosed by the Town of Eden without belonging to it.

Neighboring towns to Cobb are Dodgeville (17.4 km east), Linden (9.3 km southeast), Mineral Point (13.1 km in the same direction), Rewey (19.1 km southwest), Livingston (15.5 km southwest), Montfort (9.1 km west) and Highland (11.5 km northwest).

The closest major cities are La Crosse (150 km northwest), Green Bay (309 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (86.5 km east northeast), Rockford , Illinois (155 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (186 km southwest) and Cedar Rapids , Iowa, 186 km southwest.

traffic

US Highway 18 , Wisconsin State Highway 80 and County Highway G meet in Cobb . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Iowa County Airport is 15.5 km southeast of a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (96.3 km east-northeast), Chicago Rockford International Airport (165 km southeast) and Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (85.2 km south-southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Cobb had 458 people in 199 households. The population density was 213 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.3 people lived in each of the 199 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 1.1 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.2 percent (one person) of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 39,375  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,486. 6.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 13, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 13, 2013
  3. AirNav.com - Iowa County Airport Accessed on November 13, 2013

Web links

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