De Soto, Wisconsin
| De Soto | |||
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 Center of De Soto |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| Counties : |
Vernon County Crawford County |
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| Coordinates : | 43 ° 25 ′ N , 91 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 287 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 82.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.47 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 199 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54624 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-19850 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1563761 | ||
| Website : | desotowi.com | ||
| Mayor : | David Robertson (President) | ||
De Soto is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Vernon County and to a lesser extent in Crawford County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 De Soto had 287 inhabitants.
geography
De Soto is located in southwest Wisconsin on the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . The intersection of the three states of Minnesota , Iowa and Wisconsin is 9 km upstream to the north.
De Soto is located in the Ice Age-shaped region called the Driftless Area , which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois. During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of De Soto are 43 ° 25'23 "north latitude and 91 ° 11'56" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 3.47 km².
Neighboring towns to De Soto are Genoa (18 km north upstream), Ferryville (11.8 km southeast downstream) and Lansing , Iowa (9 km south on the opposite bank of the Mississippi).
The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (365 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (311 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (181 km east-southeast), Rockford in Illinois (286 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa ( 267 km south), Cedar Rapids , Iowa (212 km south-southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (166 km northwest), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (280 km in the same direction).
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 35 , which forms the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road , runs as the main road through De Soto. Wisconsin State Highway 82 joins the center of the town from the east . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A BNSF Railway runs along the Mississippi .
The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (34 miles north), Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minnesota (165 km northwest), and Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (190 km east-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , De Soto had 287 people in 129 households. The population density was 82.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.22 people lived in each of the 129 households.
Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with one exception.
23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 48.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 42,750 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,736. 12.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 25, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 25, 2013
