Deerfield, Wisconsin

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Deerfield, Wisconsin
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Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dane County
Coordinates : 43 ° 3 ′  N , 89 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 3 ′  N , 89 ° 5 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
2,319 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 403.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.75 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 267 m
Postal code : 53531
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-19250
GNIS ID : 1563863
Website : www.deerfieldwi.com
Mayor : Greg Frutiger (President)
DeerfieldWisconsinVillageHall.jpg
Deerfield Town Hall

Deerfield is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Deerfield had 2319 residents.

Deerfield is part of the Madison metropolitan area .

geography

Deerfield is located in south central Wisconsin, in the eastern suburbs of its capital, Madison . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located on the Mississippi and is 171 km to the west-southwest.

The geographical coordinates of Deerfield are 43 ° 03'07 "north latitude and 89 ° 04'32" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​5.75 km². The community is completely surrounded by the Town of Deerfield without belonging to it.

The center of Madison is 21 miles to the west. Neighboring towns to Deerfield are Marshall (13.6 km north), Waterloo (20.5 km north-northeast), Lake Mills (18.6 km east), Cambridge (8.9 km southeast), Rockdale (12.6 km south-southeast), Stoughton ( 15 miles southwest), McFarland (14 miles west), Cottage Grove (9 miles west northwest), and Sun Prairie ( 15 miles northwest).

The closest major cities to Madison are Green Bay (211 km northeast), Milwaukee (106 km east), Chicago (209 km southeast) and Rockford (94.8 km south).

traffic

US Highways 12 and 18 run on a shared route not far from the southern outskirts . A few kilometers further north, Interstate 94 runs in a west-east direction . The north-south running Wisconsin State Highway 73 forms the main street of the place. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The Glacial Drumlin State Trail, a rail trail for hikers and cyclists, runs through Deerfield on a former railway line of the Chicago and North Western Railway . In winter, the hiking trail can also be used with snowmobiles.

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (20 miles west-northwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Deerfield had 2,319 people in 884 households. The population density was 403.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.62 people lived in each of the 884 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.6 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population.

27.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 67,734  USD . The per capita income was $ 25,904. 6.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved December 1, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 1, 2013
  3. ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Glacial Drumlin State Trail.Retrieved December 1, 2013

Web links

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