Fox Lake, Wisconsin
| Fox Lake | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Center of Fox Lake |
|||
| Location in Wisconsin | |||
|
|||
| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1838 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Dodge County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 34 ′ N , 88 ° 54 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,519 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 364.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 4.17 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 278 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53933 | ||
| Area code : | +1 920 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-27000 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1565222 | ||
| Website : | www.cityoffoxlake.org | ||
| Mayor : | Tom Bednarek | ||
Fox Lake is a small town (with the status " City ") in Dodge County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Fox Lake had 1,519 residents.
geography
Fox Lake is located in southeastern Wisconsin, on Fox Lake , through which the Beaver Dam River flows. The river is part of the Mississippi river basin via the Crawfish and Rock River . The geographical coordinates of Fox Lake are 43 ° 33'56 "north latitude and 88 ° 54'23" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 4.17 km².
Neighboring towns to Fox Lake are Waupun (16.8 km northeast), Burnett (13.3 km east-southeast), Beaver Dam (14.5 km south-southeast), Randolph (9.4 km west-southwest), and Friesland (15.3 km west-northwest) .
The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (146 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (111 km southeast), Chicago , Illinois (261 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (170 km south) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (77.6 km southwest).
traffic
At the confluence with Wisconsin State Highway 33 , Wisconsin State Highway 68 reaches its western end point in the center of Fox Lake. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line on the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad runs west-east about a mile south of Fox Lake.
With the Dodge County Airport there is a small airfield 25.2 km southeast. The nearest commercial airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (73.7 km southwest) and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (121 kilometers southeast).
population
Fox Lake was home to 1,519 people in 663 households according to the 2010 census . The population density was 364.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 663 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.
20.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 48.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 50,819 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,409. 11.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Bunny Berigan (1908–1942) - jazz trumpeter - grew up in Fox Lake
- William E. Smith (1824–1883) - 14th Governor of Wisconsin (1878–1882) - long lived in Fox Lake
- John Rankin Gamble (1848-1891) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives - lived in Fox Lake for several years
- Robert J. Gamble (1851-1924) - Republican US Senator from South Dakota - lived in Fox Lake for several years
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 19, 2014
