Cottage Grove, Wisconsin
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Location in Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Dane County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 5 ′ N , 89 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
6,192 (as of 2010) 568,593 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 687.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 9.01 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 269 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53527 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-17175 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1563422 | ||
| Website : | www.village.cottage-grove.wi.us | ||
| Mayor : | Diane Wiedenbeck (President) | ||
Cottage Grove is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Cottage Grove had 6192 residents.
Cottage Grove is part of the Madison Metropolitan Area .
geography
Cottage Grove is located in south-central Wisconsin, in the eastern suburbs of its capital, Madison . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located on the Mississippi and is 163 km to the west-southwest.
The geographical coordinates of Cottage Grove are 43 ° 04'34 "north latitude and 89 ° 11'58" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 9.01 km². The community is almost completely surrounded by the Town of Cottage Grove without belonging to it.
Central Madison is 12 miles west. Neighboring towns to Cottage Grove are Sun Prairie (8 miles north), Marshall (17.1 km northeast), Lake Mills (17.2 miles east), Deerfield (14.3 km east-southeast), Cambridge (13.4 miles southeast) ), Stoughton (12 miles south), McFarland (14.1 southwest), and Monona (14 miles west).
The nearest major cities to Madison are Green Bay (214 km northeast), Milwaukee (112 km east), Chicago (218 km southeast) and Rockford (103 km south).
traffic
The Interstate 94 runs through the north of Cottage Grove. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Cottage Grove is the eastern terminus of a branch line of the Union Pacific Railroad . From there, the eastern extension of the Glacial Drumlin State Trail , a rail trail for hikers and cyclists, runs on a former railway line of the Chicago and North Western Railway . In winter, the hiking trail can also be used with snowmobiles.
The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (20 km north-northeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Cottage Grove had 6,192 people in 2,210 households. The population density was 687.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.8 people lived in each of the 2210 households.
The racial the population was composed of 92.1 percent white, 2.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 2.2 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0 percent of the population.
32.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 76,463 USD . The per capita income was $ 30,693. 3.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- William R. Taylor (1820-1909) - from 1874 to 1876 twelfth Governor of Wisconsin - lived long in Cottage Grove and was involved in local politics
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 29, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 29, 2013
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Glacial Drumlin State Trail. Retrieved November 29, 2013