Gaastra
| Gaastra | |
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 Location in Michigan
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Michigan |
| County : | Iron County |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 3 ′ N , 88 ° 36 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 347 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 93.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.7 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 456 m |
| Postal code : | 49927 |
| Area code : | +1 906 |
| FIPS : | 26-31160 |
| GNIS ID : | 626580 |
Gaastra is a small town (with the status " City ") in Iron County in the US -amerikanischen State Michigan . In 2010 Gaastra had 347 inhabitants.
geography
Gaastra is located in the west of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on the east bank of the Iron River , which belongs to the catchment area of Lake Michigan via the Brule River and the Menominee River . The Wisconsin border is 7 km south.
The geographical coordinates of Gaastra are 46 ° 03'30 "north latitude and 88 ° 36'21" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 3.7 km².
Neighboring places of Gaastra are Caspian (on the northwestern outskirts), Iron River (6.5 km northwest) and Crystal Falls (26.2 km east).
The closest major cities are Sault Ste. Marie in the Canadian province of Ontario (406 km east-northeast, across from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ), Green Bay in Wisconsin on Lake Michigan (233 km south), Wisconsin's capital Madison (420 km south-southwest), Wausau in Wisconsin (196 km south-west) , the Twin Cities in Minnesota (444 km west southwest), and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (312 km west northwest).
traffic
County Highway 424, running west-east, forms the main street of Gaastra. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
With the Stambaugh Airport there is a small airfield in Iron River's southern district of Stambaugh (5 km northwest). Iron County Airport , 31.8 km east-southeast, is the nearest regional airport.
population
According to the 2010 census , there were 347 people in 151 households in Gaastra. The population density was 93.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.3 people lived in each of the 151 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white and 0.6 percent Native American; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.
23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.9 percent were 65 years or older. 55.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 28,393 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,559. 9.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 20, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 20, 2014