Marion (Shawano County, Wisconsin)

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Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
Counties : Waupaca County
Shawano County
Coordinates : 44 ° 40 ′  N , 88 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 40 ′  N , 88 ° 53 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,260 (as of 2010)
Population density : 188.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.68 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 )
Height : 259 m
Postal code : 54950
Area code : +1 534, 715
FIPS : 55-49400
GNIS ID : 1569041
Website : www.marion.govoffice2.com
Mayor : Patricia Mielke
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Marion Town Hall

Marion is a small town (with the status " City ") in Waupaca County and a small part in Shawano County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Marion had 1260 inhabitants. The city is named after Francis Marion , a general of the Revolutionary War.

geography

Marion is located in northeastern Wisconsin, around 60 km west of Green Bay on Lake Michigan . The city is traversed by the North Fork Pigeon River, which belongs to the catchment area of ​​Lake Michigan via the Pigeon River , the Embarrass River , the Wolf River and the Fox River .

The geographical coordinates of Marion are 44 ° 40'15 "north latitude and 88 ° 53'21" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​6.68 km² and is surrounded in Waupaca County by the Town of Dupont and in Shawano County by the Town of Grant , without belonging to one of them.

Marion's neighbors are Caroline (6.3 km north), Pella (15.2 km northeast), Embarrass (17.5 km east), Clintonville (12.5 km southeast), Big Falls (14.3 km southwest), and Tigerton (11 miles northwest),

The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (78.2 km east-southeast), Appleton (71.2 km southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (217 km south-southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (214 km southwest), Eau Claire (236 km west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (359 km in the same direction), Wausau (79.4 km west-northwest), Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (440 km northwest), and Sault Ste. Marie in the Canadian province of Ontario (505 km northeast, across from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ).

traffic

The US Highway 45 runs along the edge of the north-eastern Marion and strikes height of the center at the northern end of the Wisconsin State Highway 110 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airports are Austin Straubel International Airport at Green Bay (77.9 km east-southeast), Outagamie County Regional Airport at Appleton (65.6 km southeast) and Central Wisconsin Airport at Wausau (71.2 km west-northwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 1260 people in 538 households in Marion. The population density was 188.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.34 people lived in each of the 538 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 1.5 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.5 percent were 65 years or older. 54.4 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 36,625  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,871. 11.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

  • Charlie Laine (* 1984), porn actress - born and raised in Marion

Individual evidence

  1. City of Marion - Mayor & Common Council Names & Phone Numbers.Retrieved August 22, 2014
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 22, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 22, 2014

Web links

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