Manawa

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Manawa
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Location in Wisconsin
Manawa (Wisconsin)
Manawa
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Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Waupaca County
Coordinates : 44 ° 28 ′  N , 88 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 28 ′  N , 88 ° 55 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,371 (as of 2010)
Population density : 299.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.58 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 249 m
Postal code : 54949
Area code : +1 920
FIPS : 55-48350
GNIS ID : 1568931
Website : cityofmanawa.org
Mayor : John Smith
ManawaWisconsinSign.jpg
At the southern entrance to Manawa

Manawa is a small town (with the status " City ") in Waupaca County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Manawa had 1,371 inhabitants.

geography

Manawa is located in northeastern central Wisconsin, around 60 km northwest of Lake Winnebago and around 80 km west of Green Bay of Lake Michigan . The city lies on both sides of the Little Wolf River , which is part of the catchment area of ​​Lake Michigan via the Wolf River and the Fox River .

The geographical coordinates of Manawa are 44 ° 27'52 "north latitude and 88 ° 55'11" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​4.58 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Little Wolf without belonging to it.

Neighboring towns of Manawa are Symco (6.5 km north-northeast), New London (20.2 km east-southeast), Weyauwega (19 km south), Waupaca (22 km south-west), Ogdensburg (11 km west), Iola (22 km west-north-west) .

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (82 km east), Appleton (54.3 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (202 km south-southeast), Chicago , Illinois (351 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison ( 188 km southwest), Eau Claire (238 km west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (372 km in the same direction), Wausau (105 km northwest), Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (466 km in the same direction), and Sault Ste. Marie in the Canadian province of Ontario (528 km northeast, across from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ).

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 110 runs north-south as the main road through Manawa. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

In Manawa is the northwest end point of a railroad line for freight traffic of the Canadian National Railway (CN).

In a north-south direction, a rail trail for hikers, riders and cyclists runs along the route of a former railway line with the Tomorrow River State Trail . In winter, the trail can also be used with cross-country skis and snowmobiles.

With the Central County Airport is 14 km northwest of a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Austin Straubel International Airport at Green Bay (72 km east), Outagamie County Regional Airport at Appleton (49 km southeast) and Central Wisconsin Airport at Wausau (92 km northwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Manawa had 1,371 people in 584 households. The population density was 299.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 584 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 43,281  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,170. 14.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. Mayor and Council.Retrieved September 10, 2014
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 10, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 10, 2014
  4. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved September 10, 2014
  5. ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Tomorrow River State Trail.Retrieved September 10, 2014
  6. AirNav.com - Central County Airport Accessed on September 10, 2014

Web links

Commons : Manawa, Wisconsin  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files