Oneida (Town)

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Oneida
Oneida water tower
Oneida water tower
Location in Wisconsin
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Basic data
Foundation : 1903
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Outagamie County
Coordinates : 44 ° 28 ′  N , 88 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 28 ′  N , 88 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
4,678 (as of 2010)
367,516 (as of 2010)
Population density : 29.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 157.5 km 2  (approx. 61 mi 2 )
Height : 231 m
Postal code : 54155
Area code : +1 920
FIPS : 55-60000
GNIS ID : 1583863

The Town of Oneida is one of 20 Towns in Outagamie County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 the Town of Oneida had 4678 inhabitants.

Town has a fundamentally different meaning in Wisconsin than in the rest of the English-speaking area. Rather, it corresponds to the usual townships in the other US states , which form the next smaller administrative unit after the county .

The Town of Oneida is located in the metropolitan area called Fox Cities .

The Town of Oneida corresponds to the part of the Indian reservation of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin , which is in Outagamie County.

geography

The Town of Oneida is located in eastern Wisconsin, a few kilometers north of the Fox River , which flows into the Green Bay of Lake Michigan around 20 km east .

The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Oneida are 44 ° 28'21 "north latitude and 88 ° 14'33" west longitude. It extends over an area of ​​157.5 km².

The Town of Oneida is located in the northwest of Outagamie County and borders the following neighboring towns:

Town of Maple Grove
( Shawano County )
Village of Howard
( Brown County )
Town of Seymour

Town of Osborn
Neighboring communities Village of Hobart
(Brown County)
Town of Freedom Town of Kaukauna Town of Lawrence
(Brown County)

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highways 29 and 32, which run on a common stretch of road, limit the area of ​​the Town of Oneida to the north. The WIS 54 runs in a west-east direction through the center of the town, the WIS 55 branches off to the south. In addition, the County Highways E, H and Y run through the town, while the County Highway U delimits the town to the east of Brown County. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay (around 10 km east). The Outagamie County Regional Airport at Appleton is approximately 25 miles southwest.

Localities in the Town of Oneida

In addition to scattered settlement, Chicago Corners is a community-free settlement in the Town of Oneida .

population

According to the 2010 census , the Town of Oneida had 4,678 people in 1,484 households. The population density was 29.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 3.07 people lived in the 1484 households.

The racial the population was composed of 52.7 percent white, 1.2 percent African American, 39.8 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 5.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.6 percent of the population.

29.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.0 percent were 65 years or older. 48.8 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 53,815  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,689. 18 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved March 28, 2014
  2. Map from Google Maps.Retrieved March 28, 2014

Web links

Commons : Oneida, Wisconsin  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files