Coon Valley
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Vernon County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 42 ′ N , 91 ° 1 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 765 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 271.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.82 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 225 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54623 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-16900 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1563376 | ||
| Website : | www.villageofcoonvalley.com | ||
| Mayor : | Richard Stegen (President) | ||
Coon Valley is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Vernon County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Coon Valley had 765 residents.
geography
Coon Valley is located in southwest Wisconsin on Coon Creek , which flows 21.7 km west-southwest of the town into the Mississippi . The intersection of the three states of Minnesota , Iowa and Wisconsin is located on the Mississippi and is 37.4 km to the southwest.
Coon Valley is located in the Ice Age-shaped region called the Driftless Area , which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois. During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of Coon Valley are 43 ° 42'08 "north latitude and 91 ° 00'48" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 2.82 km². The place is completely enclosed by the Town of Coon without belonging to it.
Neighboring towns of Coon Valley are Cashton (22.4 km east-northeast), Westby (15.4 km east-southeast), Viroqua (15.4 km southeast), Chaseburg (9.6 km southwest), Stoddard at the confluence of Coon Creek in the Mississippi (13.7 miles west southwest) and Shelby (9.6 miles northwest).
The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (325 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (314 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (174 km southeast), Rockford in Illinois (299 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa ( 281 km south), Cedar Rapids , Iowa (261 km south-southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (147 km west-northwest), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (261 km northwest).
traffic
The US highways 14 and 61 , which run on a common stretch of route, run in a west-east direction as the main road through Coon Valley. Wisconsin State Highway 162 crosses on the western outskirts . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (22 miles northwest), Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minnesota (146 km west northwest), and Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (186 km southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census, the Coon Valley had 765 people in 324 households. The population density was 271.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.32 people lived in each of the 324 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.7 percent of the population.
22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.4 percent were 65 years or older. 47.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 54,500 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,571. 9.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 25, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 25, 2013