Greenwood, Wisconsin

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Greenwood
Greenwood, Wisconsin
Greenwood
Greenwood
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Clark County
Coordinates : 44 ° 46 ′  N , 90 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 46 ′  N , 90 ° 36 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,026 (as of 2010)
Population density : 138.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 7.41 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 )
Height : 360 m
Postal code : 54437
Area code : +1 715
FIPS : 55-31575
GNIS ID : 1565856
Website : greenwoodwi.com
Mayor : Jim Schecklman
Robert Schofield house.jpg
Italianate-style house built in 1890 by the farmer and timber entrepreneur Robert Schofield, listed in the NRHP since 1982

Greenwood is a small town (with the status " City ") in Clark County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Greenwood had 1,026 residents.

geography

Greenwood is located in northwest central Wisconsin on the Black River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Greenwood are 44 ° 46'13 "north latitude and 90 ° 35'58" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​7.41 km².

Neighboring towns to Greenwood are Longwood, 8 miles north, Spencer, 17 miles east, Loyal, 8 miles southeast, and Neillsville, 15 miles south.

The closest major cities are Green Bay (150 miles east), Wisconsin's capital city, Madison (169 miles southeast), La Crosse (90 miles southwest), Eau Claire (81.1 miles west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (150 miles in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior , Minnesota (323 km north-northwest).

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 73 leads as the main road through the center of Greenwood. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

With the Neillsville Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 29.7 km south. The nearest commercial airports are Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire (93.1 km west), Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau (86.3 km east-northeast), and La Crosse Regional Airport (142 km southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Greenwood had 1,026 people in 464 households. The population density was 138.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.18 people lived in each of the 464 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 44,375  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,899. 7.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82000643.Retrieved September 26, 2013
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 26, 2013
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 26, 2013

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