Hixton
| Hixton | |||
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 Center of Hixton |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Jackson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 23 ′ N , 91 ° 1 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 433 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 153.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.82 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 281 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54635 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-35075 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1566491 | ||
 Hixton Town Hall |
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Hixton is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Jackson County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Hixton had 433 residents.
geography
Hixton is located in western Wisconsin, around 70 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Minnesota .
The geographical coordinates of Hixton are 44 ° 23'09 "north latitude and 91 ° 00'52" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 2.82 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Hixton without belonging to it.
Neighboring towns to Hixton are Alma Center (11.6 km northeast), Black River Falls (19.9 km southeast), Taylor (12.5 km southwest), Pigeon Falls (13.1 km west northwest), and Northfield (12.6 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (280 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (225 km southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (332 km in the same direction), La Crosse on the Mississippi (89.5 km south-southwest), Rochester in Minnesota (150 km west southwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (196 km west northwest) and Eau Claire (65.6 km northwest).
traffic
The Interstate 94 runs in a northwest-southeast direction along the northeastern Ortsrandes. The Wisconsin State Highway 95 runs in a west-east direction as the main road through Hixton. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
For freight traffic, a Canadian National Railway runs through Hixton.
The nearest airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (218 km southeast) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (215 km west-northwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Hixton had 433 people in 200 households. The population density was 153.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.17 people lived in each of the 200 households.
The racial the population was composed of 94.9 percent white, 3.0 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.
21.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 48.7 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 50,250 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,515. 7.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 19, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 19, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved February 19, 2014
