Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
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 Center of Fort Atkinson with bridge over the Rock River |
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Jefferson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 56 ′ N , 88 ° 50 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 12,368 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 820.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 15.07 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 240 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53538 | ||
| Area code : | +1 920 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-26675 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1565151 | ||
| Website : | www.fortatkinsonwi.net | ||
| Mayor : | Davin Lescohier (City Council President) | ||
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Fort Atkinson is a town (with the status " City ") in the Jefferson County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Fort Atkinson had 12,368 residents.
geography
Fort Atkinson is located in southeastern Wisconsin on the Rock River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The Lake Koshkonong , a reservoir of the Rock River, located a few kilometers southwest of Fort Atkinson.
The geographical coordinates of Fort Atkinson are 42 ° 55'44 "north latitude and 88 ° 50'13" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 15.07 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Koshkonong , but does not belong to it.
Neighboring towns to Fort Atkinson are Jefferson (10 km northeast), (12 km east), Whitewater (16 km southwest), Lake Koshkonong (8 km southwest), Cambridge (18 km northwest) and Lake Mills (20 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (218 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (85.6 km east), Chicago , Illinois (188 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (84 km southwest) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (53 , 5 km west-northwest).
traffic
The four-lane Wisconsin State Highway 26 forms the western bypass of Fort Atkinson. US Highway 12 runs through the city center from northwest to southeast and runs here on a shared stretch of road with Wisconsin State Highway 89 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad line runs through the city for freight traffic in north-south direction .
With the Fort Atkinson Municipal Airport to the city center is 4.5 km north-northeast in an enclave of the metropolitan area of Fort Atkinson, a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (35 miles west-northwest) and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (53 miles east).
population
According to the 2010 census , Fort Atkinson had 12,368 people in 5,125 households. The population density was 820.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.36 people lived in each of the 5125 households.
The racial the population was composed of 92.5 percent white, 0.7 percent Asian 0.6 percent, African American and 0.3 percent Native American people, 4.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 9.1 percent of the population.
23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 50,620 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,235. 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Henry Cullen Adams (1850-1906) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1903-1906) - grew up in Fort Atkinson
- Lucien B. Caswell (1827-1919) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1875-1883 and 1885-1891) - died in Fort Atkinson and is buried here
- Rosemary Kennedy (1918-2005) - sister of John F. and Robert F. Kennedy - died in Fort Atkinson
- Joshua E. Sawyer (* 1975) - developer of computer games - grew up in Fort Atkinson
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 05001298.Retrieved February 23, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 23, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved February 23, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Fort Atkinson Municipal Airport Accessed on February 23, 2014
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Henry Cullen Adams.Retrieved February 23, 2014
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Lucien B. Caswell.Retrieved February 23, 2014
- ^ Find a Grave - Lucien B. Caswell. Retrieved February 23, 2014
- ↑ A Woman's Bridge Foundation - Rosemary Kennedy.Retrieved February 23, 2014
