Keshena

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Keshena
Center of Keshena
Center of Keshena
Location in Wisconsin
Keshena, Wisconsin
Keshena
Keshena
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Menominee County
Coordinates : 44 ° 53 ′  N , 88 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 53 ′  N , 88 ° 38 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,262 (as of 2010)
Population density : 57.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 21.9 km 2  (approx. 8 mi 2 )
Height : 251 m
Postal code : 54135
Area code : +1 715,534
FIPS : 55-39250
GNIS ID : 1567430
MenomineeIndianTribalOfficesSept2009.jpg
Administration of the Menominee Indian Reservation in Keshena

Keshena is a settlement on community-free area and the administrative seat of Menominee County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 , Keshena had 1262 residents.

The administration of the Menominee Indian Reservation of the Menominee is located in Keshena .

geography

Keshena is located in northeastern Wisconsin on the eastern bank of the Wolf River , which is part of the Lake Michigan catchment area via the Fox River and Lake Winnebago .

The geographical coordinates of Keshena are 44 ° 53'02 "north latitude and 88 ° 38'01" west longitude. The place extends over an area of ​​21.9 km².

Neighboring towns to Keshena are Legend Lake (6.2 km east), Shawano (11.9 km south), Red River (14.3 km southwest), Gresham (16.4 km west), and Keshena Falls (2.5 km northwest) ).

The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (45 miles to the southeast), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (252 miles to the southeast), Chicago , Illinois (397 miles in the same direction), Appleton (81.9 miles to the south), Wisconsin's capital Madison (150 miles southwest), Wausau (95.5 miles west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (385 miles in the same direction), and Duluth on Lake Superior (435 miles northwest).

traffic

Wisconsin State Highways 47 and 55 meet in central Keshena . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Shawano Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 15.1 km south-southeast. The nearest commercial airports are Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay (71.6 km southeast), Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (260 km south-southeast), Outagamie County Regional Airport near Appleton (86.4 km south) and Central Wisconsin Airport near Wausau (113 km west).

population

According to the 2010 census , Keshena had 1,262 people in 358 households. The population density was 57.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 3.41 people lived in each of the 358 households.

The racial the population was composed of 2.8 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 95.2 percent Native American and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.6 percent of the population.

40.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 7.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 34,038  USD . The per capita income was $ 9,835. 35.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved July 18, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 18, 2014
  3. AirNav.com - Shawano Municipal Airport Retrieved on July 18, 2014

Web links

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