Elkhart Lake
| Elkhart Lake | |||
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 Elkhart Lake town center |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1875 (settled) 1894 (incorporated) |
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Sheboygan County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 50 ′ N , 88 ° 1 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 967 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 289.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.34 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 289 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53020 | ||
| Area code : | +1 920 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-23275 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1584500 | ||
| Website : | www.elkhartlake.com | ||
| Mayor : | Alan Rudnick (President) | ||
 Elkhart Lake City Hall |
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Elkhart Lake is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Sheboygan County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Elkhart Lake had 967 residents.
geography
Elkhart Lake is located in southeast Wisconsin on the lake of the same name. The west bank of Lake Michigan is around 25 km away.
The geographical coordinates of Elkhart Lake are 43 ° 50'00 "north latitude and 88 ° 01'04" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 3.34 km² and is surrounded by the Town of Rhine without belonging to it.
Neighboring towns to Elkhart Lake are Kiel (10.5 km north), Millhome (11.3 km north-northeast), Howards Grove (16 km east), Plymouth (11.2 km south-southeast), Glenbeulah (6.3 km southwest), Greenbush (10.3 km southwest) and St. Cloud (16.8 km west).
The closest major cities are Green Bay (84.6 km north), Appleton (70 km northwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (161 km southwest), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (59.4 km south) and Chicago , Illinois (150 miles in the same direction).
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 67 runs north-south direction as the main road through Elkhart Lake. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railroad line for freight traffic of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR) runs parallel to WIS 67 through Elkhart Lake .
The Sheboygan County Memorial Airport is 20.4 km southeast of a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay (90 km north) and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (105 km south).
Road America
South of Elkhart Lake, Road America, built in 1955, is a race track on a street circuit. Car and motorcycle races of various racing series are held on the track.
population
As of the 2010 census , Elkhart Lake had 967 people in 457 households. The population density was 289.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.12 people lived in each of the 457 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.
15.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.7 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 54,659 USD . The per capita income was $ 32,932. 7.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Francis E. McGovern (1866-1946) - 22nd Governor of Wisconsin (1911-1915) - was born and raised in Elkhart Lake
Individual evidence
- ^ Village of Elkhart Lake - Government. Retrieved August 28, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 28, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 28, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved August 28, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Sheboygan County Memorial Airport Accessed on August 28, 2014
- ^ Road America. Retrieved August 28, 2014
