Platteville, Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Grant County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 44 ′ N , 90 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 11,224 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,031.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 10.88 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 300 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53818 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-63250 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1571593 | ||
| Website : | www.platteville.org | ||
| Mayor : | Larry Bierke (City Manager) | ||
Platteville is the largest city (with the status " City ") in Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Platteville had 11,224 residents.
Platteville is one of the locations of the University of Wisconsin .
geography
Platteville is located in southwest Wisconsin about 25 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . The Illinois border is 17 miles south of the city.
Neighboring towns are Rewey (18.2 km northeast), Belmont (13.9 km east), Elk Grove (13.2 km southeast), Cuba City (16.1 km south), Dickeyville (18 km southwest), Tennyson (22 , 9 km west) and Ellenboro (13.7 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Dubuque , Iowa (22 miles southwest), Wisconsin's capital city, Madison (116 miles northeast), and Rockford , Illinois (159 miles southeast).
traffic
On the southwestern outskirts of the city, US Highway 151 , which has been developed into a freeway and forms the shortest connection between Dubuque and Madison, runs in a southwest-northeast direction . In the center of Platteville, Wisconsin Highways 80 and 81 and a number of lower streets meet.
Platteville Municipal Airport is 6.6 km southeast of the city center .
Demographic data
As of the 2010 census , Platteville had 11,224 people in 3,588 households. The population density was 1031.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.30 people lived in each of the 3588 households.
The racial the population was composed of 94.7 percent white, 2.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.
11.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 78.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.7 percent were 65 years or older. 43.7 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 38,293 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,523. 24.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
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The University of Wisconsin – Platteville (also known as UW – Platteville ) is a public university and part of the University of Wisconsin system . Both bachelor's and master's degrees are offered here. There are three colleges with a total of over 7,000 students. There are also another 3,000 distance students.
Known residents
- John Fiedler (1925–2005) - actor - born in Platteville
- Arthur W. Kopp (1874–1967) - Member of the US House of Representatives - lived in Platteville for a long time and is buried here
- Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888–1963) - Neurophysiologist (Nobel Prize Winner) - born in Platteville
- Scott Adams (born 1952) - computer game developer - lives in Platteville
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 15, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 27, 2012
