Oostburg, Wisconsin

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Oostburg
Oostburg, Wisconsin
Oostburg
Oostburg
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
Foundation : 1909 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Sheboygan County
Coordinates : 43 ° 37 ′  N , 87 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 37 ′  N , 87 ° 48 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,887 (as of 2010)
Population density : 571.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 5.05 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 219 m
Postal code : 53070
Area code : +1 920
FIPS : 55-60100
GNIS ID : 1570842
Website : www.oostburg.org
Mayor : Allen Wrubbel (President)

Oostburg is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Sheboygan County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Oostburg had 2887 inhabitants.

geography

Oostburg is located in southeastern Wisconsin, about one kilometer from the west bank of Lake Michigan .

The geographical coordinates of Oostburg are 43 ° 37'22 "north latitude and 87 ° 47'40" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​5.05 km².

Neighboring towns of Oostburg are Sheboygan (17 km north-northeast), Kohler (16.9 km north), Sheboygan Falls (14.2 km north), Waldo (18 km north-west), Hingham (11.3 km west-northwest), Adell (14 km west), Random Lake (13 miles southwest), and Cedar Grove (8.8 miles southwest).

The closest major cities are Green Bay (119 km north), Appleton (109 km northwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (177 km west southwest), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (74.8 km south), and Chicago , Illinois (220 km in the same Direction).

traffic

The Interstate Highway 43 , which forms the shortest connection from Milwaukee to Green Bay, runs in a north-south direction along the eastern border of community Oostburg. The Wisconsin State Highway 32 runs in a north-south direction about one kilometer away on the western outskirts of Oostburg. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight line runs parallel to the shores of Lake Michigan through Cedar Grove.

The Sheboygan County Memorial Airport is 15 miles northwest of a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (84.9 km south) and Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay (119 km north).

history

The settlement dates back to Dutch immigrants who settled in the area in the 1840s. The place name is also of Dutch origin. In 1909 the place was incorporated as the Village of Oostburg .

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 2,887 people in 1,091 households in Oostburg. The population density was 571.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.64 people in each of the 1,091 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 1.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population.

27.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 57,232  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,656. 6.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Village of Oostburg. Retrieved August 28, 2014
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 28, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 28, 2014
  4. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved August 28, 2014
  5. AirNav.com - Sheboygan County Memorial Airport Accessed on August 27, 2014

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