Niagara, Wisconsin
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 Niagara City Hall |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Marinette County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 46 ′ N , 88 ° 0 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,624 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 228.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.77 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 7.12 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 272 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54151 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-57325 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1570272 | ||
 Menominee River in Niagara |
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Niagara is a city (with the status " City ") in Marinette County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Niagara had 1,624 residents.
geography
Niagara lies on the right bank of the Menominee River , a tributary of the Green Bay of Lake Michigan . Quinnesec in Michigan is on the opposite bank of the river .
The geographical coordinates of Niagara are 45 ° 46'17 "north latitude and 87 ° 59'41" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 7.77 km², which is spread over 7.12 km² of land and 0.65 km² of water.
The other neighboring towns of Niagara besides Quinnesec are Norway in Michigan (11.9 km east-northeast), Pembine (19.9 km south), Aurora (10.6 km west), Kingsford in Michigan (9.3 km west-northwest) and Iron Mountain in Michigan (6 miles northwest).
The closest major cities are Sault Ste. Marie and the neighboring city of the same name in the Canadian province of Ontario (359 km east-northeast), Green Bay in Wisconsin (149 km south), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (335 km in the same direction), Appleton in Wisconsin (194 km south-southwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (364 km in the same direction), Wausau (218 km southwest), Eau Claire (369 km west-southwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (486 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (386 km west-northwest) .
traffic
The US Highway 141 passes through a bridge from the direction of Michigan according to Niagara and results in a northwest-southeast direction by the urban area as the main road through the city. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
For freight traffic, the city is connected to the Canadian National Railway .
The nearest airports are Ford Airport in Iron Mountain (14 km west-northwest), Sawyer International Airport near Marquette in Michigan (131 km northeast) and Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay (154 km south).
population
According to the 2010 census , Niagara had 1,624 people in 695 households. The population density was 228.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.34 people lived in each of the 695 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.
24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.0 percent were 65 years or older. 52.0 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 32,750 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,997. 22.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 10, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 10, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved April 10, 2014
