Lake Mills, Wisconsin

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Lake Mills
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Location in Wisconsin
Lake Mills, Wisconsin
Lake Mills
Lake Mills
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Jefferson County
Coordinates : 43 ° 5 ′  N , 88 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 5 ′  N , 88 ° 55 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 5,708 (as of 2010)
Population density : 542.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 11.50 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of
which 10.52 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 260 m
Postal code : 53551
Area code : +1 920
FIPS : 55-41675
GNIS ID : 1567742
Website : www.ci.lake-mills.wi.us
Mayor : Steve Wilke (City Manager)
Enoch J Fargo House Lake Mills Wisconsin.jpg
The Enoch J. Fargo House in Lake Mills, listed on the NRHP since 1982

Lake Mills is a city (with the status " City ") in the Jefferson County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Lake Mills had 5,708 residents.

geography

Lake Mills is located in southeastern Wisconsin on the east bank of Rock Lake .

The geographical coordinates of Lake Mills are 43 ° 04'53 "north latitude and 88 ° 54'42" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​11.50 km², which is distributed over 10.52 km² of land and 0.98 km² of water. The city of Lake Mills is surrounded to the north, west and south by the Town of Lake Mills and to the east by the Town of Aztalan , without belonging to any of them.

Neighboring towns to Lake Mills are Milford (6.1 km east-northeast), Aztalan (4.2 km east), Johnson Creek (11.5 km in the same direction), Jefferson (14 km southeast), Fort Atkinson (12.6 km south-southeast), Lake Koshkonong (25.5 km south), Cambridge (15.6 km southwest), Deerfield (18.6 km west-southwest), Marshall (18.7 km northwest), and Waterloo (16.2 km in the same direction ).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (204 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (85.6 km east), Chicago , Illinois (200 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (104 km southwest) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (44 km to the west).

traffic

The Interstate 94 is on its way from Madison to Milwaukee the northern ring road of Lake Mills. In the city center, the Wisconsin State Highway 89 and the County Highways A, B, G, and V intersect . All other roads are subordinate highways, partly unpaved roads and inter-urban connecting roads.

The Glacial Drumlin State Trail, a rail trail for hikers and cyclists that opened in 1986 on the route of a former North Western railway line, runs through the south of the city. In winter, the hiking trail can also be used with snowmobiles.

With the Fort Atkinson Municipal Airport is located 18.7 kilometers south-southeast of Lake Mills, a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (25 miles west) and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (59 miles east).

population

According to the 2010 census , Lake Mills had 5,708 people in 2,319 households. The population density was 542.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.42 people lived in each of the 2319 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 1.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 51,691  USD . The per capita income was $ 27,787. 7.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82000674.Retrieved February 25, 2014
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 25, 2014
  4. ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Glacial Drumlin State Trail.Retrieved February 25, 2014
  5. MidwestRoads.com - Glacial Drumlin State Trail. Retrieved February 25, 2014

Web links

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