Colby, Wisconsin
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 Colby Town Hall |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| Counties : |
Marathon County Clark County |
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| Coordinates : | 44 ° 55 ′ N , 90 ° 19 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,852 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 455 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 4.07 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 412 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54421 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-16150 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1563232 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.colby.wi.us | ||
| Mayor : | James Schmidt | ||
 Center of Colby |
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Colby is a small town (with the status " City ") in Marathon and Clark County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Colby had 1,852 inhabitants.
geography
Colby is located in northwest central Wisconsin, about 3 miles west of the Eau Claire River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin over the Wisconsin River . The geographical coordinates of Colby are 44 ° 54'37 "north latitude and 90 ° 19'01" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 4.07 km².
Neighboring towns to Colby are Abbotsford (on the northern city limits), Fenwood (28.3 km east), Unity (6.6 km south) and Curtiss (14.7 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Green Bay (207 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (267 km southeast), La Crosse (181 km southwest), Eau Claire (107 km west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (150 miles in the same direction ) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (330 km north-northwest).
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 29 leads north Colby over. The Wisconsin State Highway 13 runs in a north-south direction as the main road through the center of Colby. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
For freight transport a railway line of the leads in a north-south direction Canadian National Railway belonging Wisconsin Central through the city of Colby.
The nearest airports are Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire (101 km west), Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau (66.3 km east-southeast) and La Crosse Regional Airport (179 km southwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Colby had 1,852 people in 714 households. The population density was 455 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.46 people lived in each of the 714 households.
The racial the population was composed of 89.4 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 8.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 11.9 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
25.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 34,333 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,651. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 26, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 26, 2013
