Edgar (Wisconsin)
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1898 (incorporated) | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Marathon County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 56 ′ N , 89 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,479 (as of 2010) 134,063 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 315.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 4.69 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 393 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54426 | ||
| Area code : | +1 534, 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-22550 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1564442 | ||
| Website : | www.vil.edgar.wi.us | ||
| Mayor : | Allen Huebsch (President) | ||
Edgar is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Marathon County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Edgar had 1,479 inhabitants.
Edgar is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area Wausau , which coincides with Marathon County.
geography
Edgar is located in northern central Wisconsin on Scotch Creek , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Big Rib River and the Wisconsin River .
The geographical coordinates of Edgar are 44 ° 55'38 "north latitude and 89 ° 57'48" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 4.69 km² and borders the Town of Vienna in the west and the Town of Cassel in the east.
Neighboring towns to Edgar are Marathon City (8.2 miles east), Fenwood (6.8 miles southwest), Stratford (14 miles in the same direction) and Athens (13.2 miles northwest).
The closest major cities are Wausau (29.5 km east), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (178 km east-southeast), Appleton (174 km southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (361 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (253 km south-southeast), La Crosse on the Mississippi (210 km southwest), Eau Claire (135 km west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (257 km in the same direction), and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (344 km northwest).
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 29 runs west-east direction to the north on the community of Edgar over. County Highway H, which runs north to south, forms the town's main road. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airport is Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee (20 miles to the southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Edgar had 1,479 people in 597 households. The population density was 315.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.48 people lived in each of the 597 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.
27.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 49,732 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,072. 14.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ Village President and Trustees.Retrieved March 22, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 22, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 22, 2014