Oregon (Village, Wisconsin)

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Oregon
The historic center of Oregon, listed as South Main Street Historic District since 2000 in the NRHP [1]
The historic center of Oregon, listed on the NRHP as South Main Street Historic District since 2000
Location in Wisconsin
Oregon (Wisconsin)
Oregon
Oregon
Basic data
Foundation : 1843 (settled)
1881 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dane County
Coordinates : 42 ° 56 '  N , 89 ° 23'  W Coordinates: 42 ° 56 '  N , 89 ° 23'  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 9,231 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 806.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 11.45 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 288 m
Postal code : 53575
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-60200
GNIS ID : 1570854
Website : www.vil.oregon.wi.us
Mayor : Steve Staton (President)
Oregon High School.jpg
Oregon High School , listed on the NRHP since 1989

Oregon is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Oregon had 9,231 residents.

Oregon is part of the Madison metropolitan area .

geography

Oregon is located in south-central Wisconsin, in the southern suburbs of its capital, Madison . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located on the Mississippi and is 142 km to the west-southwest.

The geographical coordinates of Oregon are 42 ° 55'34 "north latitude and 89 ° 23'04" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​11.45 km².

Central Madison is 11 miles north. Other neighboring towns are Fitchburg (on the northern city limits), McFarland (16.9 km northeast), Stoughton (14.1 km east), Dunkirk (18.7 km east-southeast), Brooklyn (8.9 km south), Belleville (18th century) , 9 km west-southwest) and Verona (17.3 km west-southwest).

The closest major cities are Green Bay (150 miles northeast), Milwaukee (140 miles east), Chicago ( 140 miles southeast), and Rockford (88.8 miles southeast).

traffic

The four-lane US Highway 14 runs north-south along the eastern outskirts of Oregon. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (17 miles north).

population

As of the 2010 census , Oregon had 9,231 people in 3,589 households. The population density was 806.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.55 people lived in each of the 3589 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.4 percent white, 1.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian, 0.2 percent Polynesians and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

28.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.6 percent were 65 years or older. 52.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 78,475  USD . The per capita income was $ 35,809. 3.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 00000699.Retrieved November 18, 2013
  2. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 98000406. Retrieved November 18, 2013
  3. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 18, 2013
  4. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 18, 2013

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