Iola, Wisconsin

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Iola
Iola, Wisconsin
Iola
Iola
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
Foundation : 1892
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Waupaca County
Coordinates : 44 ° 30 ′  N , 89 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 30 ′  N , 89 ° 8 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,301 (as of 2010)
Population density : 272.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.77 km 2  (about 2 mi 2 )
Height : 290 m
Postal code : 54945
Area code : +1 534, 715
FIPS : 55-37025
GNIS ID : 1566947
Website : www.iolavillage.com
Mayor : Joel Edler (President)

Iola is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Waupaca County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Iola had 1301 inhabitants.

geography

Iola is located in northeastern central Wisconsin, around 85 km northwest of Lake Winnebago and around 100 km west of Green Bay of Lake Michigan . The place is on the south bank of Iola Lake , which is traversed by the southern headwaters of the Little Wolf River . The river is part of the Green Bay catchment area of ​​Lake Michigan via the Wolf River and the Fox River .

The geographical coordinates of Iola are 44 ° 30'29 "north latitude and 89 ° 07'50" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​4.77 km².

Neighboring towns of Iola are Big Falls (19.5 km northeast), Symco (19 km east), Manawa (22 km east-southeast), Ogdensburg (12 km southeast), Scandinavia (7 km south-southwest), Amherst (17 km southwest), Nelsonville (16 km to the west) and Rosholt (25 km to the northwest).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (102 km east), Appleton (85 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (220 km south-southeast), Chicago in Illinois (370 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (184 km south), Eau Claire (215 km west-northwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (348 km in the same direction), Wausau (84 km northwest), Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (448 km in the same direction), and Sault Ste. Marie in the Canadian province of Ontario (543 km northeast, across from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ).

traffic

Wisconsin State Highways 49 and 161 meet in central Iola . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Central County Airport there is a small airfield 10 km east. The nearest commercial airports are Austin Straubel International Airport at Green Bay (91 km east), Outagamie County Regional Airport at Appleton (66 km southeast) and Central Wisconsin Airport at Wausau (69 km northwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Iola had 1,301 people in 590 households. The population density was 272.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.12 people lived in each of the 590 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

19.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.6 percent were 65 years or older. 53.7 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 40,625  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,417. 13.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

  • Dave Krieg (* 1958) - former American football player - was born and raised in Iola

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Village of Iola - Village President.Retrieved September 11, 2014
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 11, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 11, 2014
  4. AirNav.com - Central County Airport Accessed on September 11, 2014

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