Melrose, Wisconsin
| Melrose | |||
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 Melrose town center |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1913 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Jackson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 8 ′ N , 91 ° 0 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 503 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 230.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.18 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 241 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54642 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-50750 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1569326 | ||
| Website : | melrosewi.com | ||
| Mayor : | Tory Lockington (President) | ||
Melrose is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Jackson County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Melrose had 503 residents.
geography
Melrose is located in western Wisconsin on the north bank of the Black River , a left tributary of the Mississippi. This forms the border with Minnesota around 45 km to the west .
The geographical coordinates of Melrose are 44 ° 07'50 "north latitude and 90 ° 59'54" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 2.18 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Melrose without belonging to it.
Neighboring towns to Melrose are Black River Falls ( 16.5 miles northeast ), Cataract (10.5 miles east-southeast), Mindoro (17.2 km southwest), North Bend (11.7 km west-southwest), and Ettrick (25.5 km west ).
The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (289 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (218 km southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (325 km in the same direction), La Crosse on the Mississippi (49.1 km southwest), Rochester in Minnesota (132 km west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (232 km west-northwest) and Eau Claire (105 km north-northwest).
traffic
Wisconsin State Highways 54 , 71, and 108 come together in Melrose . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Black River Falls Area Airport there is a small airfield 32.9 km northeast. The nearest commercial airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (211 km southeast) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (255 km west-northwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Melrose had 503 people in 212 households. The population density was 230.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.37 people each in the 212 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97 percent white, 0.2 percent (one person) African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian, 0.6 percent Polynesian and 1.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was at 40,000 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,851. 9.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 19, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 19, 2014
