Glendale, Wisconsin
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 Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1950 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Wisconsin |
| County : | Milwaukee County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 8 ′ N , 87 ° 56 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
12,872 (as of 2010) 1,751,316 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 832.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 15.46 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 199 m |
| Postcodes : | 53209, 53211, 53212, 53217 |
| Area code : | +1 414 |
| FIPS : | 55-29400 |
| GNIS ID : | 1565570 |
| Website : | www.glendale-wi.org |
| Mayor : | JoAnn Shaw |
 The Town Hall of the former Town of Milwaukee in Glendale, listed on the NRHP since 1986 |
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Glendale is a city (with the status " City ") in Milwaukee County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Glendale had 12,872 residents. By 2013 the population increased to 14,125.
In 2007 the local baseball team took part in the Junior League World Series (up to 14 years of age).
The city of Glendale is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area .
geography
Glendale is located in the northeast suburbs of the city of Milwaukee on the Milwaukee River and about one kilometer west of Lake Michigan .
The geographical coordinates of Glendale are 43 ° 07'48 "north latitude and 87 ° 55'40" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 15.46 km².
Milwaukee city center is eight miles south-southeast. Other neighboring towns are River Hills (on the northern city limits), Fox Point (on the northeastern city limits) and Whitefish Bay (on the eastern city limits). Glendale is bordered by the Milwaukee metropolitan area to the south, southwest, and west.
The nearest major cities to Milwaukee are Green Bay (180 km north), Appleton (159 km north-northwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (132 km west), Chicago in the neighboring state of Illinois (159 km south) and Racine (55.6 km south-southeast) .
traffic
The Interstate 43 , the shortest connection from Milwaukee to Green Bay, runs in a north-south direction by the East of Glendale. In parallel, the Wisconsin State Highway 57 runs as the main road through the center of the city. All other roads in Glendale are minor country roads, unpaved driveways, or inter-urban connecting roads.
The Glendale metropolitan area has several freight railroad lines for the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad and the Canadian National Railway .
Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport is 14 miles south of Glendale .
history
After the area of today's city was settled by Indians of the Potawatomi and the Winnebago until the first half of the 19th century , after the area was ceded to the US government in 1833, the systematic settlement of European, mostly German immigrants.
The area of the current city of Glendale was in the area of the Town of Milwaukee , founded in 1836 , a subdivision of the county of the same name. In 1872 the town hall was built in Glendale.
Since the end of the Second World War there have been increasing efforts to found a self-governing municipality. This met resistance from the nearby city of Milwaukee, which wanted to expand into the surrounding area. In 1950, however, the City of Glendale was incorporated, which developed into a suburb of Milwaukee.
population
According to the 2010 census , Glendale had 12,872 people in 5815 households. The population density was 832.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.14 people lived in each of the 5815 households.
The racial the population was composed of 79.4 percent white, 14.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 3.2 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.6 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
18.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.6 percent were 65 years or older. 53.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 59,090 USD . The per capita income was $ 32,625. 8.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Monte Davidoff (* 1956), programmer
- David Einhorn (* 1968), hedge fund manager
- Charles Goldenberg (1911-1986), football player
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Glendale - Acting Mayor ( Memento of the original from August 8, 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 July 30, 2014
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 86002852. Retrieved July 30, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved July 30, 2014
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin ( Memento of the original from August 8, 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 July 30, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 30, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB). Accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ City of Glendale - History ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2014 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 July 30, 2014
