Douglas County, Wisconsin

The Douglas County Courthouse in Superior, listed on the NRHP
administration
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Superior
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1313 Belknap Street Superior, WI 54880-2730
Foundation :	February 9, 1854
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	44,159  (2010)
Population density :	13 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	3833 km²
Water surface :	442 km²
map
Website : www.douglascountywi.org

The Douglas County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 44,159 residents and a population density of 13 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Superior , which was named after Lake Superior .

Douglas County is part of the interstate Twin Ports metropolitan area around the port cities of Superior and Duluth in Minnesota.

geography

Bridge over the Nemadji River

The county is located in the far northwest of Wisconsin and is bordered to the north by Lake Superior, one of the five Great Lakes . Douglas County borders Minnesota to the west . Douglas County covers an area of ​​3833 square kilometers, of which 442 square kilometers are water.

In the northwest, the county is bounded by the Saint Louis River and its confluence with Lake Superior. A little further east, the Nemadji River flows through the northwest of the county to its confluence with Lake Superior. The Saint Croix River , a left tributary of the Mississippi, rises behind the watershed between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi in the south-central part of the county .

The following neighboring counties border Douglas County:

St. Louis County, Minnesota
Carlton County, Minnesota Pine County, Minnesota		Bayfield County
Burnett County	Washburn County	Sawyer County

history

Stephen A. Douglas

Douglas County was formed on February 9, 1854 as the original county from the Wisconsin Territory . It was named after Stephen A. Douglas (1813–1861), a US Senator and presidential candidate.

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1900	36,335		-
1910	47,422		30.5%
1920	49,771		5%
1930	46,583		-6.4%
1940	47,119		1.2%
1950	46,715		-0.9%
1960	45.008		-3.7%
1970	44,657		-0.8%
1980	44,421		-0.5%
1990	41,758		-6%
2000	43,287		3.7%
2010	44,159		2%
2012 estimate	43,785		-0.8%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

population

As of the 2010 census , Douglas County had 44,159 people in 19,166 households. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.22 people lived in each of the 19,166 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.2 percent white, 1.2 percent African American, 2.0 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

21.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 45,370  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,943. 13.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Douglas County localities

City

• Superior

Villages

Lake Nebagamon Oliver Poplar

Solon Springs Superior (Village)

Census-designated places (CDP)

• Brule
• Gordon

Other Unincorporated Communities

Ambridge Amnicon Falls Anton Beebe Bellwood Bennett Black River Blueberry Borea

Boylston Boylston Junction Carnegie Chaffey Cloverland Cozy Corner cutter Dairyland Dedham

Dewey Dobie Four Corners Foxboro Hawthorne Hillcrest Hines Maple Middle River

Moose Junction Parkland Patzau Peyton Pokegama Riverview Rockmont Saunders Sauntry

South Itasca South Range Sunnyside Waino Wascott Wentworth Winneboujou

structure

In addition to one city and five villages, Douglas County is divided into 16 towns :

Town Population (2010) FIPS Town of Amnicon 1155    55-01825 Town of Bennett 597    55-06775 Town of Brule 656    55-10575 Town of Cloverland 210    55-15825 Town of Dairyland 184    55-18425 Town of Gordon 636    55-29925 Town of Hawthorne 1136    55-33350 Town of Highland 311    55-34425

Town Population (2010) FIPS Town of Lakeside 693    55-41800 Town of Maple 744    55-48725 Town of Oakland 1136    55-59100 Town of Parkland 1220    55-61250 Town of Solon Springs 910    55-74600 Town of Summit 1063    55-78275 Town of Superior 2166    55-78675 Town of Wascott 763    55-83512

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Douglas County

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82000664.Retrieved March 16, 2011
2. ^ Douglas County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
3. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Douglas County, WI ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 23, 2014  
4. ↑ ^{a b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved January 23, 2014
5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Wisconsin ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 23, 2014 

Web links

Commons : Douglas County, Wisconsin  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website
• Douglas County Chamber of Commerce
• city-data.com - Douglas County, Wisconsin

Coordinates: 46 ° 27 '  N , 91 ° 55'  W