Columbus (Wisconsin)

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Columbus
The center of Columbus, listed as Columbus Downtown Historic District in the NRHP since 1992 [1]
The center of Columbus, as Columbus Downtown Historic District since 1992 NRHP listed
Location in Wisconsin
Columbus (Wisconsin)
Columbus
Columbus
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
Counties : Columbia County
Dodge County
Coordinates : 43 ° 20 ′  N , 89 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′  N , 89 ° 1 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 4,991 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 453.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 11.01 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 259 m
Postal code : 53925
Area code : +1 920
FIPS : 55-16450
GNIS ID : 1563282
Website : www.cityofcolumbuswi.com
Mayor : Kelly Crombie
ColumbusWisconsinCityHall.jpg
The City Council of Columbus, as Columbus City Hall since 1979 NRHP listed

Columbus is a city (with the status " City ") in Columbia and to a lesser extent in Dodge County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Columbus had 4991 inhabitants.

Columbus is part of the Madison metropolitan area .

geography

Columbus is located in central southern Wisconsin on both sides of the Crawfish River , a tributary of the Rock River that flows into the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Columbus are 43 ° 20'17 "north latitude and 89 ° 00'55" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​11.01 km².

Neighboring locations to Columbus are Beaver Dam (13 miles northeast), Lowell (17.9 km east), Reeseville (17.3 km east-southeast), Waterloo (19.6 km south), Marshall (14.9 km southwest), and Fall River (6.6 km north-northwest).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (173 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (119 km east-southeast), Chicago in Illinois (150 miles south-southeast), Rockford in Illinois (146 km south), Wisconsin's capital Madison (44.6 km southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (340 km west-northwest), and Eau Claire (289 km northwest)

traffic

US Highway 151 runs along the northwestern outskirts of the city . Wisconsin State Highways 16 , 60 , 73, and 89 meet in the metropolitan area . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

A Canadian Pacific Railway runs through Columbus in a northwest-southeast direction .

The nearest major airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (25 miles southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Columbus had 4,991 people in 2,123 households. The population density was 453.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.33 people lived in the 2123 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population.

24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 92000113.Retrieved October 1, 2013
  2. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 79000065.Retrieved October 1, 2013
  3. ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 1, 2013
  4. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 1, 2013
  5. ^ Wisconsin History - Governor James Taylor Lewis.Retrieved October 1, 2013
  6. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Gerry Whiting Hazelton.Retrieved October 1, 2013

Web links

Commons : Columbus, Wisconsin  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files