Crandon
| Crandon | |||
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 Center of Crandon |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1887 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Forest County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 34 ′ N , 88 ° 54 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,920 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 142.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 16.0 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of which 13.5 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 494 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54520 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-17425 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1579057 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofcrandon.com | ||
| Mayor : | Gary Bradley | ||
 The Forest County Courthouse in Crandon |
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Crandon is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of the Forest County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Crandon had 1,920 inhabitants.
geography
Crandon is located in northeast Wisconsin, around 50 km south of the Michigan border . The geographical coordinates of Crandon are 45 ° 34'19 "north latitude and 88 ° 54'10" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 16 km², which is spread over 13.5 km² of land and 2.5 km² of water.
Neighboring towns to Crandon are Argonne (10.9 km north), Laona (19.8 km east), Mole Lake (13 km south-southwest) and Monico (19.9 km west).
The closest major cities are Sault Ste. Marie in the Canadian province of Ontario (454 km east-northeast, across from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (180 km south), Wisconsin's capital Madison (321 km south), Wausau (115 km southwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (386 km west southwest) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (342 km west northwest).
traffic
The US Highway 8 runs from west to east direction as the main road through Crandon and connects it with the Wisconsin State Highways 32 and 55 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
The Crandon / Steve Conway Municipal Airport is 6.1 km south-southwest, a small airfield. The nearest regional airports are Rhinelander – Oneida County Airport (46 km west), Central Wisconsin Airport near Wausau (139 km southwest) and Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay (168 km southeast).
history
Samuel Shaw, an entrepreneur, bought land in what was then Oconto County in the 1880s . With the help of Major Frank P. Crandon, a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad official , he successfully lobbied for the creation of Forest County, founded in 1887. In recognition of his help, the county and county seat were named after Crandon. Rail traffic in the region began shortly afterwards with the Soo Line Railroad , but a branch line did not reach the city until the turn of the century.
The timber industry determined the development and growth of the city in the early days of its existence. In 1891 the Page and Landeck Lumber Company acquired a hardwood forest area near Crandon and by 1902 built a larger sawmill near Clear Lake in north Crandon (later the sawmill was called Keith & Hiles Lumber Mill ). The population of Crandon grew from 800 to more than 2,400 in just a few years. The railroad also brought Kentucky settlers and lumberjacks to the area, needed for northern Wisconsin's thriving logging industry. The company's main plant has been relocated to Crandon from Glasgow , Kentucky. The city was officially registered in 1909 after construction of the court began. Today the timber industry has lost its predominant role in the northern Midwest , although some companies are still active in the nearby Nicolet National Forest .
population
According to the 2010 census , Crandon had 1,920 people in 771 households. The population density was 142.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.33 people lived in each of the 771 households.
The racial the population was composed of 86.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 9.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.1 percent of the population.
23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 34,091 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,125. 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
shoot-out
The place gained notoriety on the morning of October 7, 2007, when a part-time officer from the Crandon Police Department who was not on duty shot and killed seven people between the ages of 14 and 20, killing six. During a subsequent hunt for the perpetrator, he was shot by snipers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 12, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 12, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Crandon / Steve Conway Municipal Airport Accessed on February 12, 2014
- ^ History of Forest County . Forest County Historical Society. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
- ↑ Gunman kills six in US Midwest , BBC. October 7, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
- ↑ CNN : Shooter dead along with six victims in rampage ( Memento of February 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), October 7, 2007
