Danbury, Wisconsin

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Danbury
Danbury, Wisconsin
Danbury
Danbury
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Burnett County
Coordinates : 46 ° 0 ′  N , 92 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 0 ′  N , 92 ° 22 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 172 (as of 2010)
Population density : 52.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.27 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 286 m
Postal code : 54830
Area code : +1 715,534
FIPS : 55-18650
GNIS ID : 1563691

Danbury is a settlement on community-free area in Burnett County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 Danbury had 172 inhabitants.

geography

Danbury is located in northwest Wisconsin, at the confluence of the Yellow River with the St. Croix River . This forms the border with Minnesota and flows into the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Danbury are 46 ° 00'22 "north latitude and 92 ° 22'16" west longitude. The place extends over an area of ​​3.27 km². Danbury is the only settlement within the Town of Swiss .

The closest neighbor to Danbury Oakland (5.5 miles south).

The closest major cities are Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (99.5 km north), Eau Claire (191 km southeast), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (172 km southwest).

traffic

Wisconsin State Highways 35 and 77 meet in Danbury . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The northern end of the Gandy Dancer State Trail is in Danbury . This is a combined hiking and cycling path known as a Rail Trail on the route of a disused railway line. The name of the path goes back to the slang word Gandy Dancer , which was used to describe a railroad worker.

With the Burnett County Airport is located 21.6 kilometers south of a small airfield. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (180 km south-southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Danbury had 172 people in 81 households. The population density was 52.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.12 people lived in each of the 81 households.

The racial the population was composed of 83.1 percent white, 1.2 percent (two people) African American, 11.6 percent Native American and 0.6 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups; 3.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.

19.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 41,197  USD . The per capita income was $ 30,123. 19.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

  • Dave Dudley (1928–2003) - country musician - lived in Danbury until his death and is buried here

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 4, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed September 4, 2013
  3. Trails from Rails - Gandy Dancer State Trail ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 4, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trailsfromrails.com
  4. ^ Find a Grave - Dave Dudley.Retrieved September 4, 2013

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