Frederic (Wisconsin)

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Frederic
Frederic (Wisconsin)
Frederic
Frederic
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
Foundation : 1903
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Polk County
Coordinates : 45 ° 40 ′  N , 92 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 40 ′  N , 92 ° 28 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,137 (as of 2010)
Population density : 245 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.64 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 370 m
Postal code : 54837
Area code : +1 715
FIPS : 55-27500
GNIS ID : 1565283
Website : fredericwi.com
Mayor : William Johnson IV (President)

Frederic is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Polk County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Frederic had 1137 inhabitants.

geography

Frederic is located in northwest Wisconsin, around 30 km east of the St. Croix River . This forms the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota and flows into the Mississippi about 125 km south-southwest of Frederic .

The geographical coordinates of Frederic are 45 ° 39'33 "north latitude and 92 ° 28'02" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​4.64 km² and is surrounded in the east, north and west by the Town of West Sweden and in the south by the Town of Luck , without belonging to any of them.

Neighboring towns to Frederic are Lewis (8 km northeast), Luck (11 km south) and Trade Lake (12.6 km west-northwest).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) in Minnesota (119 km southwest), Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (141 km northeast), Eau Claire (163 km southeast) and Rochester , Minnesota (219 km south) . Wisconsin's capital, Madison, is 444 km to the southeast.

traffic

Wisconsin State Highways 35 , 46 and 48 meet in central Frederic . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

The Gandy Dancer State Trail runs through the municipality of Frederic in a north-south direction . This is a combined hiking and cycling path known as a Rail Trail on the route of a disused railway line. The name of the path goes back to the slang word Gandy Dancer , which was used to describe a railroad worker.

The nearest airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (131 km southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Frederic had 1,137 people in 496 households. The population density was 245 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.16 people lived in each of the 496 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.9 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 1.7 percent Native American, 1.5 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.

25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.3 percent were 65 years or older. 53.3 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 29,511  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,498. 16.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. Frederic Village Board of Trustees ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 10, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fredericwi.com
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 10, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 10, 2014
  4. Trails from Rails - Gandy Dancer State Trail ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 10, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trailsfromrails.com
  5. ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Gandy Dancer State Trail.Retrieved August 10, 2014

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