La Farge, Wisconsin
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1899 (incorporated) | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Vernon County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 34 ′ N , 90 ° 38 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 746 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 261.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.85 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 243 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54639 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-40875 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1567689 | ||
| Website : | www.lafarge-wisconsin.com | ||
La Farge is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Vernon County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 La Farge had 746 inhabitants.
geography
La Farge is located in southwest Wisconsin on the Kickapoo River , a right tributary of the Wisconsin River which flows into the Mississippi . The intersection of the three states of Minnesota , Iowa and Wisconsin is located on the Mississippi and is 65 km to the west.
La Farge 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 Farge are 43 ° 34'29 "north latitude and 90 ° 38'26" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 2.85 km². The place is completely enclosed by the Town of Stark without belonging to it.
Neighboring towns of La Farge are Ontario (20.3 km north-northeast), West Lima (11.2 km east-southeast) and Viola (10 km south-southwest).
The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (282 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (281 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (141 km southeast), Rockford in Illinois (280 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa (260 km south), Cedar Rapids , Iowa (263 km south-southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (188 km west-northwest), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (304 km northwest).
traffic
In the center of La Farge, Wisconsin State Highway 132 , which runs in north-south direction, and Wisconsin State Highway 82, which runs from west to east, cross . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (45 miles northwest), Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minnesota (186 km west northwest), and Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (149 km southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , La Farge had 746 people in 332 households. The population density was 261.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.17 people lived in each of the 332 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 1.6 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.4 percent of the population.
20.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.0 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 41,094 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,582. 12.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Charles R. Savage (1906–1976) - Democratic member of the US House of Representatives from 1945 to 1947 - was born and raised in La Farge
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 29, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on December 29, 2013