Edgerton, Wisconsin

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Edgerton
Edgerton, Wisconsin
Edgerton
Edgerton
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
Counties : Rock County
Dane County
Coordinates : 42 ° 50 ′  N , 89 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 50 ′  N , 89 ° 4 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 5,461 (as of 2010)
Population density : 509.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 10.72 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 249 m
Postal code : 53534
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-22575
GNIS ID : 1564443
Website : www.cityofedgerton.com
Mayor : Christopher Lund

Edgerton is a city (with the status " City ") in the rock and to a lesser extent in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Edgerton had 5461 residents.

geography

Edgerton is located in south central Wisconsin on the Rock River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . A few kilometers east of the city is Lake Koshkonong, a 42 km² natural reservoir of the Rock River. The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located on the Mississippi and is 161 km to the west.

The geographical coordinates of Edgerton are 42 ° 50'07 "north latitude and 89 ° 04'03" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​10.72 km².

Neighboring towns to Edgerton are Albion (on the northern city limits), Fort Atkinson (16.2 miles northeast), Milton (15 miles southeast), Janesville (11.8 miles south), Evansville (16 miles west southwest), Dunkirk (16.2 miles) km west-northwest) and Stoughton (19.5 km northwest).

The closest major cities are Wisconsin's capital, Madison (29 miles northwest), Green Bay (150 miles northeast), Milwaukee (114 miles east-northeast), Chicago (188 km southeast) and Rockford (67.1 km south).

traffic

Interstate Highways 39 and 90 run along the eastern city limits in a north-south direction on a shared stretch of route . In the center of Edgerton, US Highway 51, which runs from north to south, and Wisconsin State Highway 59, which runs in a west-east direction, cross . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR), a regional ( Class II ) freight transport company, runs through Edgerton from northwest to southeast .

The nearest airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (30 miles northwest) and Chicago Rockford International Airport (47 miles south).

population

According to the 2010 census , Edgerton had 5,461 people in 2,227 households. The population density was 509.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.43 people each in the 2227 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.9 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.1 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 48,943  USD . The per capita income was $ 25,333. 6.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 20, 2013
  2. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 20, 2013

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