Glidden, Wisconsin
| Glidden | |||
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 Center of Glidden |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Ashland County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 8 ′ N , 90 ° 35 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 507 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 91 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5.57 km 2 (about 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 464 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54527 | ||
| Area code : | +1 534, 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-29675 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1579335 | ||
 The Marion Park Pavilion , built in 1938 , has been listed in the NRHP since 1981 |
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Glidden is a settlement on community-free area in Ashland County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 Glidden had 507 inhabitants.
geography
Glidden is located in northern Wisconsin, on both sides of the Chippewa River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The place is about 50 km south of the Upper Lake , the largest of the five Great Lakes . The geographical coordinates of Glidden are 46 ° 08'06 "north latitude and 90 ° 34'43" west longitude. The place forms the center of the Town of Jacobs and extends over an area of 5.57 km².
A few kilometers north, northwest and west is the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest .
Neighboring locations to Glidden are Butternut (16.4 km south-southeast), Shanagolden (6.1 km west-southwest), Cayuga (16.4 km northwest), Morse (12.2 km north-northwest), and Mellen (25.7 km in the same Direction).
The closest major cities are Green Bay (346 km southeast), Eau Claire (218 km southwest), Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis (301 km southwest), Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (171 km northwest) and Thunder Bay on Lake Superior in the Canadian province of Ontario (476 km north-northeast).
The border with Canada is around 400 km north.
traffic
The State Trunk Highway 13 leading into a north-south direction as the main road through Glidden. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the former Wisconsin Central , now part of the Canadian National Railway , runs through Glidden .
With the Park Falls Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 28.6 km south-southeast. The nearest commercial airports are Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau (215 km south-southeast) and Duluth International Airport (180 km northwest) and the larger Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (309 km southwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Glidden had 507 people in 242 households. The population density was 91 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.1 people lived in each of the 242 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 1.2 percent Native American and 0.6 percent Asian; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races.
22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.5 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 23,750 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,382. 30.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000032.Retrieved August 8, 2013
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 8, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 8, 2013
