Kewaunee
| Kewaunee | |||
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 Center of Kewaunee |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Kewaunee County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 28 ′ N , 87 ° 31 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,952 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 328 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 10.9 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of which 9.0 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 204 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 54216 | ||
| Area code : | +1 920 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-39350 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1583475 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofkewaunee.org | ||
| Mayor : | John blaha jr. | ||
 The "Kewaunee County Sheriff's Residence and Jail" ( sheriff's office and jail ) is in the National Register of Historic Places listed. |
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Kewaunee is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of Kewaunee County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Kewaunee had 2,952 residents.
Kewaunee is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Green Bay .
geography
Kewaunee lies at 44 ° 28 'north latitude and 87 ° 31' west longitude, extends over 10.9 km² (9.0 km² of which is land area) at an altitude of 204 meters above sea level. The city is located on Lake Michigan .
The Wisconsin Highway 29 joins the city center, coming from the west, into the Wisconsin Highway 42, which runs through the city in a north-south direction.
The city was connected to the route network of the "Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western Railroad". The route has been closed and is used as the Ahnapee State Trail .
The Austin Straubel International Airport is 55 kilometers west of the city.
The nearest larger cities are Green Bay (approx. 45 km west), Appleton (approx. 85 km southwest) and Sheboygan (approx. 90 km south). Madison , the capital of the state, is approx. 250 km southwest and Chicago , the next megacity , approx. 310 km south.
The railway line of the Green Bay and Western Railroad from Green Bay to Kewaunee is now partly a bike and hiking trail (Ahnapee State Trail).
population
According to the 2010 census , Kewaunee had 2,952 people in 1,278 households. The population density was 328 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.24 people lived in each of the 1278 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
19.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 51,685 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,914. 14.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Thomas F. Konop (1879–1964) - Democratic member of the US House of Representatives (1911–1917) - worked as a lawyer in Kewaunee for several years
- Alvin O'Konski (1904–1987) - longtime Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1943–1973) - born and raised in Kewaunee
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ^ North American Numbering Plan Administration, Wisconsin Numbering Plan
- ↑ Website of the city, list of elected city representatives ( memento of the original from May 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ National Directory of Historic Places, entries for Wisconsin, Kewaunee County, entry # 96000728
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 7, 2014
- ↑ a b US Census Bureau - Areas and population densities of selected areas of Wisconsin
- ↑ Kewaunee Region Chamber of Commerce, area history page
- ↑ Wisconsin Resort for Nature and Environment, information page about the Ahnapee State Trail ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
