La Crosse, Wisconsin
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 La Crosse County Courthouse |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1842 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | La Crosse County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 49 ′ N , 91 ° 14 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
51,320 (status: 2010) 133,665 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 983.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 57.4 km 2 (approx. 22 mi 2 ) of which 52.2 km 2 (approx. 20 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 204 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 54601-54603 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-40775 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1567672 | ||
| Website : | www.cityoflacrosse.org | ||
| Mayor : | Tim Kabat | ||
 La Crosse |
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La Crosse is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of La Crosse County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 La Crosse had 51,320 inhabitants.
La Crosse is the center of the interstate metropolitan area of La Crosse Metropolitan Area . The city is also the seat of the La Crosse diocese .
geography
La Crosse is located at the confluence of the Black River and the La Crosse River in the Mississippi , which forms the border with Minnesota . The island of French Island is located a few kilometers upstream from the city center and is partly part of the urban area. The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa is located on the Mississippi and is 35.3 km south.
La Crosse is located in the Ice Age-shaped region called the Driftless Area , which stretches across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois. During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.
The geographical coordinates of La Crosse are 43 ° 48'48 "north latitude and 91 ° 13'59" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 57.4 km², which is spread over 52.2 km² of land and 5.2 km² of water.
Neighboring towns to La Crosse are Onalaska and French Island (on the northern city limits), Holmen (23.8 km north), West Salem (21.8 km northeast), Coon Valley (25.7 km southeast), Stoddard (17 km south ) and La Crescent , Minnesota (on the opposite bank of the Mississippi).
The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (325 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (199 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (339 km in the same direction), Rockford in Illinois (325 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa (312 km south), Cedar Rapids in Iowa (253 km south-southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (124 km west-northwest), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (150 km northwest).
Economy and Infrastructure
Today, La Crosse is home to two major hospitals and some schools, such as the Western Technical College, Viterbo University, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, the Akta Lakota Museum and Aquinas High School. Important companies include the Trane Air Conditioning Company, the City Brewing Company and the Company Store, as well as the La Crosse Tribune, all of which have their headquarters in the city.
Shipping traffic on the Mississippi, one of the most important inland waterways in the country, continues to play an important role today.
The Interstate 90 extends from Minnesota via a bridge across the Mississippi coming in west-east direction along the northern border. The US highways 14 and 61 , which run on the same route, enter the city from the southeast and exit at the height of the city center via the Cass Street Bridge in the direction of Minnesota. The US Highway 53 reaches its southern terminus in La Crosse. To the south, the Wisconsin State Highway 35 , which runs along the Mississippi, forms the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road . In addition, Wisconsin State Highway 16 coming from the northeast and Wisconsin State Highway 33 coming from the east reach their respective western endpoints in La Crosse . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway , the second largest railway company in the country, runs along the Mississippi for freight traffic . In the north of the city a route of the Canadian Pacific Railway crosses .
The Empire Builder , an Amtrak long-distance train that runs from Chicago to Seattle and Portland on the west coast, runs on tracks rented here by the Canadian Pacific Railway . Amtrak has a station in La Crosse.
La Crosse Regional Airport (11.5 km north of the city center) is located on French Island in the north of the city, through which the city has connections to the national and international air transport network via feeder flights to several major airports.
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 3860 | - | |
| 1870 | 7785 | 101.7% | |
| 1880 | 14,505 | 86.3% | |
| 1890 | 25,000 | 72.4% | |
| 1900 | 28,895 | 15.6% | |
| 1910 | 30,417 | 5.3% | |
| 1920 | 30,421 | 0% | |
| 1930 | 39,614 | 30.2% | |
| 1940 | 42,707 | 7.8% | |
| 1950 | 47,535 | 11.3% | |
| 1960 | 47,258 | -0.6% | |
| 1970 | 50.286 | 6.4% | |
| 1980 | 48,347 | -3.9% | |
| 1990 | 51,140 | 5.8% | |
| 2000 | 51,818 | 1.3% | |
| 2010 | 51,320 | -1 % | |
| 2012 estimate | 51,647 | 0.6% | |
| 1860-2000 2010 2012 | |||
history
The original name of the city was Prairie La Crosse, a trading and supply post for French merchants on the Mississippi who were the first whites to come to the region in the 17th century. The name goes back to the ball game lacrosse , originally operated by the Indians .
population
According to the 2010 census , La Crosse had 51,320 people in 21,428 households. The population density was 983.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.18 people lived in each of the 21,428 households.
The racial the population was composed of 89.8 percent white, 2.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 4.9 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.
16.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 70.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 39,014 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,295. 23.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Town twinning
The city of La Crosse has partnerships with these cities:
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Bantry , Ireland -
Dubna , Russia -
Épinal , France -
Friedberg , Germany -
Førde , Norway -
Luoyang , China -
Kumbo , Cameroon
sons and daughters of the town
- Daniel Starch (1883–1979), psychologist and market researcher
- Ford Sterling (1883–1939), actor and film director
- Gardner R. Withrow (1892–1964), politician
- Clark Wallace Thompson (1896–1981), Member of the US House of Representatives
- Fletcher Allen (1905–1995), jazz musician, composer and arranger
- Ed Gein (1906–1984), serial killer
- Joseph Losey (1909–1984), film director
- Freddie Slack (1910–1965), pianist and big band leader
- John Toland (1912-2004), historian and writer
- Louis Tomlinson Benezet (1915–2002), educator, education politician and multiple university president
- Patrick J. Lucey (1918–2014), Governor of Wisconsin
- John Joseph Paul (1918-2006), Roman Catholic Bishop of La Crosse
- Alice Whyte (1922-2015), jazz musician
- Norman Bean (* 1925), cameraman and documentary filmmaker
- Mike O'Callaghan (1929-2004), Governor of the State of Nevada
- Gary K. Nelson (1935–2013), lawyer and politician
- Charles Dierkop (born 1936), actor
- Tim Gullikson (1951–1996), tennis player and coach
- Tom Gullikson (* 1951), tennis player and coach
- Scott Thorson (born 1959), showman, lover of Liberace
- Ron Kind (* 1963), politician
- EE Knight (born 1965), writer
- Jason Miller (* 1980), martial artist
Associated with La Crosse
- Constantin Maria von Droste zu Hülshoff (1841–1901), German Franciscan minister in the diocese of La Crosse.
- Valentine Oehler (* 1821 Kröbern, Thuringia; † 1877 Fillmore, WI.) And Gottfried Oehler (* 1824 Kröbern, Thuringia; † 1895, Mormon Coulee, Shelby, La Crosse (Wisconsin)), founders of the Oehler Mill
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 11, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 11, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - La Crosse Regional Airport Accessed on 11 January 2014
- ↑ US Decennial Census.Retrieved January 11, 2014
- ↑ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 11, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin History - The name of La Crosse.Retrieved January 11, 2014
- ↑ City of La Crosse - Sister Cities ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 11, 2014
