Pewaukee
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1999 (incorporated) | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Waukesha County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 5 ′ N , 88 ° 16 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
13,195 (as of 2010) 1,751,316 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 261.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 54.78 km 2 (approx. 21 mi 2 ) of which 50.50 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 266 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53702 | ||
| Area code : | +1 262 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-62240 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1571279 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofpewaukee.us | ||
| Mayor : | Scott Klein | ||
Pewaukee is a city (with the status " City ") in Waukesha County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Pewaukee had 13,195 residents. By 2013 the population increased to 13,827.
The city of Pewaukee is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area .
geography
Pewaukee is located in the western suburbs of the city of Milwaukee on the Fox River and about 30 km west of Lake Michigan .
The geographical coordinates of Pewaukee are 43 ° 04'50 "north latitude and 88 ° 15'40" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 54.78 km², which is divided into 50.50 km² of land and 4.28 km² of water.
Milwaukee city center is 17 miles east. The Pewaukee parish is almost completely enclosed by the city. Other neighboring towns are Sussex (10.6 km north), Lannon (15.7 km northeast), Brookfield (12 km east), New Berlin (16.7 km southeast), Waukesha (on the southern city limits), Wales (17, 5 km west-southwest), Hartland (15 km west-northwest), and Merton (15.5 km northwest).
The closest major cities to Milwaukee are Green Bay (188 km north), Wisconsin's capital Madison (100 km west), Rockford in the neighboring state of Illinois (140 km southwest) and Chicago in Illinois (170 km south-southeast).
traffic
The Interstate 94 , the shortest route from Milwaukee to Madison, runs east-west through the city. The Wisconsin State Highway 16 , which is also four-lane, branches off from here in a northerly direction. In addition, the Wisconsin State Highways 74 , 164 and 190 meet in the urban area of Pewaukee . All other roads in Pewaukee are minor country roads, unpaved driveways, or inter-urban connecting roads.
Two freight railroad lines, the Canadian National Railway (CN) and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) , cross in the urban area of Pewaukee .
The Waukesha County Airport is 4.4 km southwest of Pewaukee, a small airfield. The nearest commercial airport is Milwaukee's Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, 38 km east-southeast .
history
The area of today's city goes back to the former Town of Pewaukee . In 1999 the town was incorporated into what is now the City of Pewaukee . The community, which had previously been spun off from the town as the Village of Pewaukee, has thus become the neighboring village of the same name.
population
According to the 2010 census , Pewaukee had 13,195 people in 5,410 households. The population density was 261.3 people per square kilometer. In the 5410 households there were statistically 2.42 people each.
The racial the population was composed of 94.3 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 2.6 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.1 percent of the population.
21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 82,404 USD . The per capita income was $ 41,580. 2.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Peter Barrett (1935–2000) - Professor of Finance and Business Law and Olympic Sailing Champion - worked for North Sails in Pewaukee for a long time
- David Koepp (* 1963) - screenwriter, producer and director - born and raised in Pewaukee
- Charles Henry Morgan (1842-1912) - between 1875 and 1911 Democratic member of the US House of Representatives - grew up in Pewaukee
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Pewaukee - Common Council , Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder , Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Pewaukee, Wisconsin ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps , accessed on August 1, 2014.
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation - Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) , Retrieved August 1, 2014.
