Marshfield, Wisconsin
| Marshfield | |||
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 Central Avenue in Marshfield |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1868 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| Counties : |
Wood County Marathon County |
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| Coordinates : | 44 ° 40 ′ N , 90 ° 10 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 19,118 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 547.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 34.94 km 2 (approximately 13 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 392 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 54404, 54449, 54472 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-49675 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1569085 | ||
| Website : | ci.marshfield.wi.us | ||
| Mayor : | Chris Meyer | ||
 The headquarters of the Marshfield Clinic |
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Marshfield is a city (with the status " City ") in Wood County and a smaller part in the Marathon County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Marshfield had 19,118 residents.
geography
Marshfield is located in central Wisconsin at 44 ° 40'08 "north latitude and 90 ° 10'18" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 34.94 km².
Marshfield's neighbors are McMillan (8.6 km north), Stratford (11.8 km northeast), Auburndale (16.4 km east-southeast), Hewitt (on the southeastern city limits), Arpin (14.7 km southeast), Bakerville ( 7.8 km southwest) and Spencer (14.4 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Wausau (70.5 km northeast), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (204 km east), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (307 km southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (220 km southeast), La Crosse on the Mississippi (168 km southwest), Rochester in Minnesota (150 miles west southwest), Eau Claire (79 miles west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (262 miles in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior , Minnesota (355 miles northwest).
traffic
The four-lane US Highway 10 runs in a west-east direction along the southern city limits. Wisconsin State Highways 13 and 97 meet in central Marshfield . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
The city is connected to the Canadian National Railway for freight traffic .
The Marshfield Municipal Airport is a small airfield in the southwest of the city. The nearest commercial airports are Central Wisconsin Airport (51.3 km east-northeast), Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (218 km south-southeast), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (283 km west).
population
According to the 2010 census , Marshfield had 19,118 people in 8,777 households. The population density was 547.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.14 people lived in each of the 8,777 households.
The racial the population was composed of 94.8 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 2.3 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.4 percent of the population.
20.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.4 percent were 65 years or older. 52.7 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 42,783 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,326. 12.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- William H. Upham (1841–1924) - 18th Governor of Wisconsin - lived in Marshfield for the last years of his life
- Emilián Božetěch Glocar (1906–1985) - priest, painter and writer - lived in Marshfield for several years
- Robert Frederick Froehlke (1922–2016) - politician - attended school in Marshfield
- John Stauber (* 1953) - author and political activist - grew up in Marshfield
- Mark Tauscher (* 1977) - American football professional - born and raised in Marshfield
- Andrew Rock (* 1982) - track and field athlete - born in Marshfield
- Vince Biegel (* 1993) - American football professional - born in Marshfield
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 20, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 20, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved February 19, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Marshfield Municipal Airport Accessed on February 20, 2014
