Dodgeville, Wisconsin
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![The Iowa County Courthouse in Dodgeville, built in the style of the Greek Revival in 1859, has been listed in the NRHP since 1972 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Iowa_County_Courthouse.jpg) The Iowa County Courthouse in Dodgeville, built in the style of the Greek Revival in 1859 , listed in the NRHP since 1972 |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1827 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Iowa County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 58 ′ N , 90 ° 8 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
4,693 (as of 2010) 568,593 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 565.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 9.3 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) of which 8.3 km 2 (about 3 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 354 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 53533 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-20350 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1583087 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofdodgeville.com | ||
| Mayor : | Jim McCaulley | ||
 Hut in Dodge Mining Camp , listed in the NRHP since 2005 |
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Dodgeville is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of the Iowa County in the southwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Wisconsin . In 2010 , Dodgeville had 4,693 residents, making it the largest city in Iowa County.
Dodgeville is part of the Madison metropolitan area .
geography
Dodgeville is located at 42 ° 57 'north latitude and 90 ° 7' west longitude and extends over 9.3 km² at an altitude of 354 meters above sea level.
In the urban area, the US Highways 18 and 151 meet and form a common freeway towards Madison. Wisconsin Highways 23 and 191 run through the city. The Dane County Regional Airport is situated 75 kilometers east of the city. The city was connected to the rail network of the Chicago and North Western Railway , but the rails were dismantled and the now paved route is part of the Military Ridge State Trail .
Dodgeville is located approximately 80 km west of Madison , the capital of the state. Other nearby larger cities are Dubuque (approx. 75 km southwest), Milwaukee (approx. 200 km east) and Chicago (approx. 260 km southeast).
The Governor Dodge State Park is located near Darlington.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Dodgeville had 4,693 people in 1,965 households. The population density was 565.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.35 people each in the 1965 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. 52.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 52,534 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,654. 5.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Town twinning
It is twinned with Oakham in Great Britain.
People who are associated with the city
- Henry Dodge (1782–1867), first governor of the Wisconsin Territory and founder of Dodgeville,
- Archie Hahn (1880–1955), track and field athlete and four-time Olympic champion at the 1904 Summer Olympics and the 1906 Intermediate Games .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 72000053.Retrieved November 5, 2013
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2009 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.
- ^ Website of the city, list of department heads of the city administration
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 05000952.Retrieved November 5, 2013
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 5, 2013
- ^ Map of the railway lines from 1891
- ↑ Description of the trail on the website of the Wisconsin Environment Department ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
