Delafield, Wisconsin
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![St. John Chrysostom Church in Delafield, built in the Carpenter Gothic style in 1853, has been listed in the NRHP since 1972 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:St._John_Chrysotom_Church.jpg) St. John Chrysostom Church in Delafield, built in the Carpenter Gothic style in 1853 , has been listed in the NRHP since 1972 |
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| Foundation : | 1837 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Waukesha County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 5 ′ N , 88 ° 24 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
7,085 (as of 2010) 1,751,316 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 290.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 28.65 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) of which 24.37 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 275 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53018 | ||
| Area code : | +1 262 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-19400 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1563872 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofdelafield.com | ||
| Mayor : | Michele DeYoe | ||
 Hawks Inn in Delafield, listed on the NRHP since 1972 |
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Delafield is a city (with the status " City ") in Waukesha County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Delafield had 7,085 residents. By 2013 the population increased to 7159.
The city of Delafield is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area .
geography
Delafield is located in the western suburbs of the city of Milwaukee at the confluence of the Bark River in Nagawicka Lake and about 45 km west of Lake Michigan .
The geographical coordinates of Delafield are 43 ° 04'32 "north latitude and 88 ° 23'43" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 28.65 km², which is spread over 24.37 km² of land and 4.28 km² of water.
Milwaukee city center is 27 miles east. Other neighboring towns are Nashotah and Chenequa (on the northern city limits), Hartland (on the northeastern city limits), the municipality of Pewaukee (16 km east-northeast), the city of Pewaukee (16 km east), Waukesha (17 km east-southeast), Wales (8, 2 km southeast), Dousman (10.6 km southwest), Oconomowoc (12 km west-northwest), Oconomowoc Lake (10 km northwest), and Okauchee Lake (10.5 km in the same direction).
The closest major cities to Milwaukee are Green Bay (188 km north), Wisconsin's capital Madison (85.6 km west), Rockford in the neighboring state of Illinois (141 km southwest) and Chicago , Illinois (185 km southeast).
traffic
The Interstate 94 , the shortest route from Milwaukee to Madison, runs east-west through the south of the city. The Wisconsin State Highway 16 , also expanded to four lanes , runs parallel to it through parts of the northern urban area. Wisconsin State Highway 83 runs through the east of the city in a north-south direction . All other roads in Delafield are subordinate country roads, unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line for freight traffic of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) runs parallel to WIS 16 through Delafield .
With the Waukesha County Airport is 17.2 km east of Delafield a small airfield. The nearest commercial airport is Milwaukee's Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, 52.7 km east-southeast .
population
According to the 2010 census , Delafield had 7,085 people in 2,776 households. The population density was 290.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in the 2,776 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.4 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.3 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.2 percent of the population.
25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.0 percent were 65 years or older. 49.1 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 83,750 USD . The per capita income was $ 40,722. 5.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
education
Delafield is home to St. John's Northwestern Military Academy, a private boarding school .
Known residents
- Jack Zuta (1888-1930), gangster; born and raised in Delafield
- George F. Kennan (1904-2005), historian and diplomat; attended St. John's Military Academy in Delafield
- Ty Warner (born 1944), entrepreneur; attended St. John's Military Academy in Delafield
- Alex Rigsby (* 1992), ice hockey goalkeeper; born in Delafield
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 72000069.Retrieved August 5, 2014
- ↑ City of Delafield - Common Council ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 5, 2014
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 72000068.Retrieved August 5, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved August 5, 2014
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Delafield, Wisconsin ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2014 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 August 5, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 5, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved August 5, 2014
