Cumberland, Wisconsin

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Location in Wisconsin
Cumberland, Wisconsin
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Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Barron County
Coordinates : 45 ° 32 ′  N , 92 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 32 ′  N , 92 ° 1 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,170 (as of 2010)
Population density : 242.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 10.46 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of
which 8.94 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 379 m
Postal code : 54829
Area code : +1 534, 715
FIPS : 55-18025
GNIS ID : 1563618
Website : cityofcumberland.net
Mayor : Thomas Mysicka
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Uecke's Opera House in Cumberland

Cumberland is a small town (with the status " City ") in Barron County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Cumberland had 2,170 inhabitants.

geography

Cumberland is located in northwest Wisconsin on the southeastern shore of Beaver Dam Lake. The geographical coordinates of Cumberland are 45 ° 31'56 "north latitude and 92 ° 01'10" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​10.46 km², which is spread over 8.94 km² of land and 1.52 km² of water.

Neighboring towns to Cumberland are Rice Lake (14.3 miles east), Barron (16.6 miles southeast), Almena (8.5 miles south), and Turtle Lake (12.1 miles southwest).

The nearest major cities are Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (156 km north), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (395 km east-southeast), Eau Claire (114 km southeast), Rochester , Minnesota (213 km southwest) and Minnesota's largest city, Minneapolis (142 km) km southwest).

The Canadian border is 416 km north.

traffic

The US Highway 53 runs north-south direction as the main road through Cumberland and crosses here the State Trunk Highway 48 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

With the Cumberland Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 5.4 km southeast. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (149 km southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Cumberland had 2,170 people in 994 households. The population density was 242.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.14 people lived in the 994 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.9 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 1.4 percent Native American and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 24.9 percent were 65 years or older. 53.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 38,929  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,338. 19.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

  • Sidney Boyden (1900–1993) - entrepreneur - born in Cumberland
  • John Peterson (* 1948) - wrestler (brother of Benjamin Peterson) - born in Cumberland
  • Benjamin Peterson (born 1950) - wrestler (brother of John Peterson) - born in Cumberland
  • Don Clark (1915–1999) - ice hockey official - died in Cumberland

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 9, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed August 9, 2013
  3. AirNav.com - Cumberland Municipal Airport Retrieved on August 9, 2013
  4. ^ John Person in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on August 9, 2013
  5. Benjamin Peterson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on August 9, 2013

Web links

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