New London (Wisconsin)

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Location in Wisconsin
New London (Wisconsin)
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Basic data
Foundation : 1851 (settled)
1877 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
Counties : Waupaca County
Outagamie County
Coordinates : 44 ° 24 ′  N , 88 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 24 ′  N , 88 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 7,295 (as of 2010)
Population density : 487.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 14.97 km 2  (about 6 mi 2 )
Height : 233 m
Postal code : 54961
Area code : +1 920
FIPS : 55-56925
GNIS ID : 1570226
Website : www.newlondonwi.org
Mayor : Gary Henke
WolfRiverNewLondonWisconsin.jpg
The Wolf River in New London

New London is a city (with a status of " City ") in Waupaca and Outagamie Counties in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 , New London had 7,295 inhabitants.

geography

New London is located in eastern Wisconsin at the confluence of the Embarras River with the Wolf River , which is part of the catchment area of Lake Michigan via the Fox River and Lake Winnebago .

The geographical coordinates of New London are 44 ° 23'34 "north latitude and 88 ° 44'23" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​14.97 km².

Neighboring towns to New London are Bear Creek ( 11 miles north), Shiocton (15 miles east-northeast), Hortonville (11.6 km southeast), Fremont (14.4 miles south-southwest), Weyauwega (20.6 km west-southwest), and Manawa (20.2 km west-northwest).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (63.5 km east-northeast), Appleton (33 km southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (180 km southeast), Chicago in Illinois (329 km in the same direction), Rockford in Illinois ( 274 km south), Wisconsin's capital Madison (186 km SSW), La Crosse on Mississippi km west-southwest) (255, Eau Claire (273 km west-northwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (396 km in the same direction) and Wausau (115 km northwest).

traffic

The US Highway 45 runs north-south through the east of the city. Business US 45 branches off from this in the north and runs through the city center to reunite with US 45 on the southern outskirts. The Wisconsin State Highway 54 leads in west-east direction through the north of New London. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Canadian National Railway (CN) line runs through New London for freight traffic along the Wolf River .

The nearest airports are the Outagamie County Regional Airport at Appleton (28.7 km southeast) and the Austin Straubel International Airport at Green Bay (53.7 km north-northeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , New London had 7,295 people in 3,038 households. The population density was 487.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.35 people in each of the 3,038 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.2 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian and 3.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.9 percent of the population.

25.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 47,632  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,318. 10.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. Directory of Officials ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 29, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.newlondonwi.org
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 29, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 29, 2014
  4. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB). Accessed March 29, 2014

Web links

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