Genoa City

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Genoa City
Genoa City (Wisconsin)
Genoa City
Genoa City
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
Foundation : 1850
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
Counties : Walworth County
Kenosha County
Coordinates : 42 ° 30 ′  N , 88 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 30 ′  N , 88 ° 20 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 3,042 (as of 2010)
Population density : 502 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.06 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 253 m
Postal code : 53128
Area code : +1 262
FIPS : 55-28675
GNIS ID : 1565461
Website : genoacitywi.com
Mayor : Bill Antti (President)

Genoa City is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Walworth County and to a lesser extent in Kenosha County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Genoa City had 3,042 residents.

geography

Genoa City is located in southeastern Wisconsin, right on the border with the state of Illinois to the south . The city is traversed by the North Branch Nippersink Creek , which is part of the Mississippi River basin over the Fox and Illinois Rivers .

The geographical coordinates of Genoa City are 42 ° 29'54 "north latitude and 88 ° 19'41" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​6.06 km².

Neighboring towns of Genoa City are Powers Lake (10 km north-northeast), Twin Lakes (8.7 km northeast), Channel Lake in Illinois (17.8 km east), Richmond in Illinois (on the southeastern border), Wonder Lake in Illinois ( 9 miles south), Hebron , Illinois (7 miles west-southwest), Fontana (15 miles west-northwest), Bloomfield (4 miles northwest), and Lake Geneva (9 miles northwest).

The closest major cities are Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (81 km northeast), Chicago , Illinois (104 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (78 km west southwest), and Wisconsin's capital Madison (130 km northwest).

traffic

The US Highway 12 leading into a north-south direction as the main road through Genoa City. The county highways B, H, O, P and U also meet in the municipality. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (133 km northwest), Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (75.6 km northeast), Chicago O'Hare International Airport (80 km southeast) and Chicago Rockford International Airport (85 km west-southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Genoa City had 3,042 people in 1,072 households. The population density was 502 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.82 people lived in the 1,072 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.4 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 1.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 6.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

32.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 68,833  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,850. 7.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 27, 2014

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