Hawkins, Wisconsin

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Hawkins
Hawkins, Wisconsin
Hawkins
Hawkins
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Rusk County
Coordinates : 45 ° 31 ′  N , 90 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 31 ′  N , 90 ° 43 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 305 (as of 2010)
Population density : 53 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.75 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 418 m
Postal code : 54530
Area code : +1 715
FIPS : 55-33275
GNIS ID : 1566157
Website : hawkinswisconsin.org
Mayor : Kyle Austad (President)

Hawkins is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Rusk County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Hawkins had 305 residents.

geography

Hawkins is located in central northwest Wisconsin on both sides of the South Fork Main Creek , which is part of the Mississippi River basin over the Chippewa River .

The geographical coordinates of Hawkins are 45 ° 30'54 "north latitude and 90 ° 43'12" west longitude. The parish extends over an area of ​​5.75 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Hawkins without belonging to it.

Hawkins neighbors are Kennan (11.9 km east-northeast), Catawba (16.1 km in the same direction), Ingram (8.2 km west) and Glen Flora (14 km in the same direction).

The nearest major cities are Eau Claire (132 km southwest), Rochester in Minnesota (276 km in the same direction), the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) in Minnesota (228 km west southwest), Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (246 km) km northwest), Wausau (150 km east-southeast), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (305 km in the same direction) and Wisconsin's capital, Madison (382 km south-southeast).

traffic

The US Highway 8 runs in west-east direction by Hawkins. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railroad line for freight traffic of the Canadian National Railway (CN) runs parallel to US 8 .

With the Rusk County Airport there is a small airfield 23.4 km to the west. The nearest regional airports are Rhinelander – Oneida County Airport (106 km east), Central Wisconsin Airport near Wausau (173 km southeast) and Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire (127 km southwest). The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (150 miles west-southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Hawkins had 305 people in 159 households. The population density was 53 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 1.92 people lived in each of the 159 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 0.3 percent (one person) Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races.

17.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.6 percent were 65 years or older. 47.5 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 33,214  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,588. 15.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Village of Hawkins. Retrieved August 17, 2014
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 17, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 17, 2014
  4. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved August 17, 2014

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