Merrillan
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 Merrillan town center |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Jackson County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 27 ′ N , 90 ° 50 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 542 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 156.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.47 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 285 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54754 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-51300 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1569372 | ||
| Website : | www.merrillan.net | ||
| Mayor : | Gayle Horton (President) | ||
 Merrillan's water tower |
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Merrillan is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Jackson County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Merrillan had 542 residents.
geography
Merrillan is located in western Wisconsin on both sides of Halls Creek , which is part of the Mississippi basin over the Black River . This forms the border with Minnesota around 80 km west .
The geographical coordinates of Merrillan are 44 ° 27'04 "north latitude and 90 ° 50'29" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 3.47 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Alma , without belonging to it.
Neighboring towns to Merrillan are Columbia (15.9 km northeast), Hatfield (11.9 km southeast), Black River Falls (18.6 km south), Alma Center (5.9 km west southwest), Hixton (17.5 km in the same direction) and Humbird (10 km north-northwest).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (263 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (224 km southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (331 km in the same direction), La Crosse on the Mississippi (93.4 km south-southwest), Rochester in Minnesota (167 km west southwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (206 km west northwest) and Eau Claire (74.9 km northwest).
traffic
US Highway 12 and the congruent Wisconsin State Highway 27 run through Marillan in a north-south direction . In the center, Wisconsin State Highway 95 crosses from west to east . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Two railway lines, the Canadian National Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad , cross in Merrillan .
The nearest airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (217 km southeast) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (222 km west-northwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Merrillan had 542 people in 241 households. The population density was 156.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.25 people lived in each of the 241 households.
The racial the population was composed of 86.5 percent white, 2.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian, 0.4 percent Polynesian and 6.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 4.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 6.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 31,979 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,217. 23.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
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). Accessed February 20, 2014
