Galesville, Wisconsin
| Galesville | |||
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 In downtown Galesville |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Trempealeau County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 5 ′ N , 91 ° 21 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,481 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 388.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.81 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 223 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54630 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-28200 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1565380 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofgalesville.com | ||
| Mayor : | John Ph. Earl | ||
 Galesville City Hall with Police Station and Post Office |
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Galesville is a small town (with the status " City ") in Trempealeau County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Galesville had 1,481 residents.
geography
Galesville is located in the West Wisconsin both sides of the Beaver Creek , the over the Black River to the current area of the border to Minnesota forming Mississippi belongs. In the north of the city is Lake Marinuka, through which Beaver Creek flows .
Galesville is located in the Ice Age-shaped region called the Driftless Area , which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois. During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of Galesville are 44 ° 04'54 "north latitude and 91 ° 20'57" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 3.81 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Gale without belonging to it.
Neighboring towns of Galesville are Ettrick (13 km northeast), North Bend (21.7 km east), Holmen (17.7 km southeast), Trempealeau (12.8 km southwest) and Centerville (8.8 km west).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (343 km east), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (358 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (237 km southeast), La Crosse on the Mississippi (37 km south-southeast), Rochester , Minnesota (99, 8 km west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (194 km northwest) and Eau Claire (106 km north).
traffic
US Highway 53 and Wisconsin State Highway 93 come together on the southern outskirts of the city . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airport is La Crosse Regional Airport (36.5 km south-southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Galesville had 1,481 people in 635 households. The population density was 388.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.25 people lived in each of the 635 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.
22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.1 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 50,324 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,567. 11.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Merlin Hull (1870-1953) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1929-1931, 1935-1953) - attended Gale College in Galesville
- Nicholas Ray (1911–1979) - film director and actor - born and raised in Galesville
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Galesville - Mayor and Council. Retrieved September 2, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved September 2, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 2, 2014
