Hillsboro, Wisconsin
| Hillsboro | |||
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| Nickname : Czech Capital of Wisconsin | |||
 Center of Hillsboro |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Vernon County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 39 ′ N , 90 ° 21 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,417 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 388.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.65 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 304 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54634 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-34825 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1566449 | ||
| Website : | www.hillsborowi.com | ||
| Mayor : | Gregory Kubarski | ||
Hillsboro is a city (with the status " City ") in Vernon County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Hillsboro had 1,417 residents.
Many of the ancestors of Hillsboro's residents were immigrants from Bohemia, which is why the locals like to refer to their city as the Czech Capital of Wisconsin .
geography
Hillsboro is located in southwest Wisconsin on the western arm of the Baraboo River , a tributary of the Wisconsin River that flows into the Mississippi . The intersection of the three states of Minnesota , Iowa and Wisconsin on the Mississippi is 90 km to the west.
Hillsboro is located in the Ice Age-shaped region called the Driftless Area , which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois. During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of Hillsboro are 43 ° 39'08 "north latitude and 90 ° 20'38" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 3.65 km².
Hillsboro neighbors are Kendall (20.5 km north), Elroy (14.7 km northeast), Union Center (8.4 km east-northeast), Wonewoc (11.4 km east), Cazenovia (26.4 km southeast), Yuba (18 km southwest) and Dilly (8.8 km west).
The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (253 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (252 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (127 km southeast), Rockford in Illinois (235 km south-southeast), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa ( 269 km south), Cedar Rapids , Iowa (272 km south-southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (208 km west-northwest), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (325 km northwest).
history
The name Hillsboro goes back to the Hill family, who were the first white people to settle in the area around 1850. More - mostly German and Czech - immigrants followed a little later. That is why the Cesky Den Festival is still held every year today .
Other groups of immigrants included post- civil war Afro-Americans, as well as some Amish farms in and around Hillsboro.
traffic
Wisconsin Highways 33 , 80 and 82 meet in Hillsboro . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Hillsboro is the northwest end point of the Hillsboro State Trail , a rail trail for hikers and cyclists that follows the route of a former railway line . In winter, the hiking trail can also be used with snowmobiles.
Joshua Sanford Field is a small airfield in the northwest of the city . The nearest commercial airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (59.8 miles west-northwest), Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque , Iowa (168 km south), and Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (137 km southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Hillsboro had 1,417 people in 587 households. The population density was 388.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.41 people lived in each of the 587 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.3 percent of the population.
26.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 35,958 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,085. 18.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Marc Andrew Mitscher (1887–1947), naval aviator and admiral, born in Hillsboro
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 24, 2013
- ↑ "Vítáme Vas" (We Welcome You) to the City of Hillsboro, WI Accessed on 24 December 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 24, 2013
- ^ History of Hillsboro. Retrieved December 24, 2013
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Hillsboro State Trail.Retrieved December 24, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - Joshua Sanford Field Retrieved on December 24, 2013
