Forestville, Wisconsin

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Forestville
Forestville town center
Forestville town center
Location in Wisconsin
Forestville, Wisconsin
Forestville
Forestville
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Door County
Coordinates : 44 ° 41 ′  N , 87 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 41 ′  N , 87 ° 29 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 430 (as of 2010)
Population density : 318.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.35 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 201 m
Postal code : 54213
Area code : +1 920
FIPS : 55-26625
GNIS ID : 1565146
Website : villageofforestville.com
Mayor : Terry McNulty (President)

Forestville is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Door County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Forestville had 430 residents.

geography

Forestville is located in eastern Wisconsin on the Door Peninsula , which separates Green Bay from Lake Michigan proper . The place is located on the northeast bank of the Ahnapee River , which flows into Lake Michigan about 10 km southeast.

The geographical coordinates of Forestville are 44 ° 41'24 "north latitude and 87 ° 28'45" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​1.35 km². The community Forestville is completely surrounded by the Town of Forestville without belonging to it.

Neighboring towns to Forestville are Maplewood (6.4 km north), Sturgeon Bay (13.1 km north-northeast), Carnot (6.5 km east-northeast), Algoma (10.2 km south-southeast) and Kolberg (8.6 km northwest) .

The nearest major cities are Green Bay (35 miles southwest), Milwaukee (213 miles south), Chicago , Illinois (359 miles in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital city, Madison (280 miles southwest), and Eau Claire (237 miles west) .

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 42 runs in a north-south direction as the main road through Forestville. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The Ahnapee State Trail is a rail trail for hikers and cyclists that runs along the Ahnapee River . In winter, the trail can also be used on snowmobiles and skis.

The Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay is 72.9 kilometers southwest lying next regional airport; the nearest major airports are Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (223 km south), O'Hare International Airport in Chicago (338 km in the same direction) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (517 km west).

population

As of the 2010 census , Forestville had 430 people in 183 households. The population density was 318.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 183 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white and 0.7 percent Native American; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.

20.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 17,351  USD . The per capita income was $ 13,825. 51.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 23, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 23, 2014
  3. ^ Department of Natural Resources - Ahnapee State Trail.Retrieved January 23, 2014

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