Owen (Wisconsin)
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1883 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Clark County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 57 ′ N , 90 ° 34 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 940 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 197.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 4.77 km 2 (about 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 379 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54460 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-60825 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1577195 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofowen.com | ||
| Mayor : | Stephen M. Heggemeier | ||
 The Owen High School , built in 1921 in the style of the Prairie Houses , has been listed in the NRHP since 2004 |
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Owen is a small town (with the status " City ") in Clark County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Owen had 940 residents.
geography
Owen is located in northwest central Wisconsin on the Popple River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin across the Black River . The geographical coordinates of Owen are 44 ° 56'55 "north latitude and 90 ° 33'51" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 4.77 km².
Neighboring places from Owen are Withee (on the western city limits) and Curtiss (11.9 km east).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay (225 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (294 km south-southeast), La Crosse (167 km south-southwest), Eau Claire (85.3 km west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (225 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior , Minnesota (308 km north-northwest).
traffic
The four-lane Wisconsin State Highway 29 runs in a west-east direction along the southern city limits of Owen. In the city center, the county highways D and X intersect. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
In the city of Owen meet for freight traffic, two railroad lines of the Canadian National Railway belonging Wisconsin Central together.
The nearest airports are Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire (79.7 km west), Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau (83.9 km east-southeast) and La Crosse Regional Airport (165 km south-southwest).
history
Owen was founded in 1883 by the timber contractor John S. Owen . In 1904 the place was incorporated as the Village of Owen as an independent municipality. In 1925 the parish status was changed to City of Owen .
population
According to the 2010 census , Owen had 940 people in 419 households. The population density was 97.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.23 people lived in each of the 419 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 2.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 34,348 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,874. 11.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 04000848.Retrieved September 30, 2013
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 30, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed September 30, 2013
- ↑ City of Owen - About Us ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2013 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 September 30, 2013
