Genoa, Wisconsin
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 Genoa as seen from Wisconsin Highway 35 |
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Vernon County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 35 ′ N , 91 ° 13 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 253 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 316.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 0.8 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 199 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54632 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-28625 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1565460 | ||
| Website : | genoawis.com | ||
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Genoa is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Vernon County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Genoa had 253 inhabitants.
geography
Genoa is located in southwest Wisconsin on the Mississippi , which forms the border with Minnesota here. The intersection of the three states of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin is 8.9 km downstream.
Genoa 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 Genoa are 43 ° 34'36 "north latitude and 91 ° 13'27" west longitude. The municipal area extends over an area of 0.8 km². The place is completely enclosed on the land side by the Town of Genoa without belonging to it.
Neighboring towns to Genoa are Stoddard (10.8 km upstream in a northerly direction), La Crosse (28.4 km in the same direction), Chaseburg (18.7 km northeast), De Soto (18 km downstream in a southerly direction) and Lansing in Iowa (in the same direction after crossing the Mississippi).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (348 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (312 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (182 km southeast), Rockford in Illinois (305 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa (291 km south), Cedar Rapids , Iowa (226 km south-southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (144 km west-northwest), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (266 km northwest).
traffic
In Genoa, Lock and Dam No. 8 one of 29 dams that make the Upper Mississippi one of the most important inland waterways in the country.
The Wisconsin State Highway 35 , which runs along the Mississippi, forms the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road . The Wisconsin State Highway 56 coming from the east reaches its western end point at the confluence with WIS 35 in Genoa. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway , the second largest railway company in the country, runs along the Mississippi for freight traffic .
The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (38.7 km north), Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minnesota (146 km west-northwest), and Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (191 km east-southeast).
economy
The La Crosse nuclear power plant, which was closed in 1987, is located on the southern outskirts of Genoa . The boiling water reactor built from 1963 to 1968 is currently being dismantled.
Next to it is a coal-fired power plant operated by the Dairyland Power Cooperative with an installed capacity of 379 megawatts.
population
According to the 2010 census , Genoa had 253 people in 110 households. The population density was 316.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.3 people lived in each of the 110 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 1.6 percent Native American and 0.4 percent (one person) Asian; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races.
23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.5 percent were 65 years or older. 48.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 50,909 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,427. 6.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- Rollo Laylan , jazz musician
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 29, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on December 29, 2013
- ↑ USNRC - La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor.Retrieved December 29, 2013
- ↑ Dairyland Power Cooperative Retrieved on December 29, 2013
