Knapp (Wisconsin)

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Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dunn County
Coordinates : 44 ° 57 ′  N , 92 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 57 ′  N , 92 ° 5 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 463 (as of 2010)
Population density : 112.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.12 km 2  (about 2 mi 2 )
Height : 283 m
Postal code : 54749
Area code : +1 715,534
FIPS : 55-39975
GNIS ID : 1583487

Knapp is a municipality (with the status of Village ) in Dunn County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . At the 2010 census , it had just under 463 inhabitants.

geography

Just under is located in the north-west of Wisconsin at 44 ° 57'19 "north latitude and 92 ° 04'32" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​4.12 km². The municipality of Knapp is surrounded to the west, north and east by the Town of Stanton and to the south by the Town of Lucas , but does not belong to any of these towns.

Neighboring towns of Knapp are Boyceville (12 km northeast), Tainter Lake (25.5 km east), Menomonie (17.2 km southeast), Elmwood (14.7 km southwest), Spring Valley (14.2 km southwest), Wilson (8.7 km west) and Downing (14 km north-northwest).

The closest major cities are Minnesota's capital St. Paul (84.3 km west), Eau Claire (53.9 km east-southeast), La Crosse (182 km southeast) and Rochester , Minnesota (147 km south-southwest).

traffic

US Highway 12 , which runs in a west-east direction, is the main road through Knapp. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

In addition to the US 12, a Union Pacific Railroad line runs through the municipal area of ​​Knapp for freight traffic .

With the Menomonie Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 21.8 km south-southeast. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (104 km to the west).

population

According to the 2010 census , just under 463 people lived in 214 households. The population density was 112.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.16 people lived in each of the 214 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white and 1.1 percent Native American people; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.2 percent (one person) of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

19.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.7 percent were 65 years or older. 47.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was at 30,000  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,747. 20.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 29, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 29, 2014

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