Crivitz, Wisconsin
| Crivitz | |||
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 Crivitz town center |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1883 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Marinette County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 14 ′ N , 88 ° 0 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 984 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 231.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 4.25 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 207 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54114 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-17725 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1563535 | ||
| Website : | www.villageofcrivitz.com | ||
| Mayor : | John J. Deschane (President) | ||
 South entrance to Crivitz |
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Crivitz is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Marinette County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Crivitz had 984 inhabitants.
geography
Crivitz lies on both sides of the Peshtigo River , a tributary of the Green Bay of Lake Michigan . The Michigan border is approximately 20 km northeast.
The geographical coordinates of Crivitz are 45 ° 13'57 "north latitude and 88 ° 00'27" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 4.25 km².
The neighboring towns of Crivitz are Wausaukee (14 miles north), Beaver (12.3 miles south) and Pound (18.1 miles in the same direction).
The closest major cities are Sault Ste. Marie and the neighboring city of the same name in the Canadian province of Ontario (403 km east-northeast), Green Bay (85.2 km south), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (271 km in the same direction), Appleton (130 km south-southwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison ( 300 km in the same direction), Wausau (169 km west-southwest), Eau Claire (337 km west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (460 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (449 km west-northwest).
history
Crivitz was founded in September 1883 by the German-born businessman Frederick John Bartels, who named the place after his native Crivitz in Mecklenburg .
After a typhus epidemic in 1894, the local sawmill would be closed. Hieronymus Zech (1849-1932), an entrepreneur from nearby Chilton , then promoted the settlement of Polish immigrants who moved here from Milwaukee and Chicago and still make up the core of the local population today.
traffic
The US Highway 141 runs north-south through the west of Crivitz. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In Crivitz, two freight railway lines of the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad meet.
The nearest airports are Ford Airport in Iron Mountain , Michigan (49.8 miles north) and Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay (56.3 miles south).
population
According to the 2010 census , there were 984 people in 452 households in Crivitz. The population density was 231.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.01 people lived in each of the 452 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.3 percent African American and 0.8 percent Native American; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.
18.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 30.2 percent were 65 years or older. 53.8 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 35,391 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,172. 9.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ President John J. Deschane.Retrieved April 10, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 10, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 10, 2014
- ^ History of Crivitz, WI
- ^ Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad. Retrieved April 10, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved April 10, 2014
