Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Foundation : | 1989 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Kenosha County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 32 ′ N , 87 ° 52 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
19,719 (as of 2010) 9,572,572 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 228.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 87.1 km 2 (approx. 34 mi 2 ) of which 86.3 km 2 (approx. 33 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 212 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53158 | ||
| Area code : | +1 262 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-63300 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1571621 | ||
| Website : | www.pleasantprairieonline.com | ||
| Mayor : | John P. Steinbrink (President) | ||
Pleasant Prairie is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Kenosha County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Pleasant Prairie had 19,719 residents.
Pleasant Prairie is part of the Chicago metropolitan area .
geography
Pleasant Prairie is located in the extreme southeast of Wisconsin on the west bank of Lake Michigan . To the south, the parish is bounded by the Illinois border .
The geographical coordinates of Pleasant Prairie are 42 ° 32'20 "north latitude and 87 ° 52'13" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 87.1 km², which is spread over 86.3 km² of land and 0.8 km² of water.
Neighboring towns to Pleasant Prairie are Kenosha (on the northern boundary), Bristol (11.9 km to the west), Antioch in Illinois (19.3 km to the southwest), Winthrop Harbor in Illinois (on the southern town boundary) and Zion in Illinois (12 miles) southern).
The closest major cities are Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (58.9 km north), Chicago , Illinois (92.2 km south-southeast), Rockford , Illinois (112 km west-southwest), and Wisconsin's capital, Madison (159 km west-northwest).
traffic
The Interstate 94 and here extending on a common track section US Highway 41 form the western bypass of Pleasant Prairie. Further extend the Wisconsin State Highways 31 , 32 , 50 and 165 by the municipality of Pleasant Prairie. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Two railroad lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) run through Pleasant Prairie for freight traffic .
With the Kenosha Regional Airport there is a regional airport behind the northern local border. The nearest commercial airports are Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (30 miles north) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago (45 miles south-southwest).
history
The first settlement took place in 1833 by Horace Woodbridge. In 1842 the Town of Pleasant Prairie was formed, an administrative unit corresponding to the townships in most of the US states. Little by little, parts of the village were allocated to the neighboring city of Kenosha . In 1989 the remaining part of the town was incorporated as the Village of Pleasant Prairie .
In 1911, a large part of the town was destroyed by an explosion at the local dynamite factory.
economy
Pleasant Prairie is home to a location of the ZF Electronics formerly Cherry Corporation.
The Pleasant Prairie Power Plant is a large coal-fired power plant with an installed capacity of 1190 megawatts in Pleasant Prairie.
population
According to the 2010 census , Pleasant Prairie had 19,719 people in 7,272 households. The population density was 228.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 7,272 households there were statistically 2.68 people each.
The racial the population was composed of 91.1 percent white, 2.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 1.7 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 2.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 6.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 76,968 USD . The per capita income was $ 33,821. 4.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 5, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed March 5, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved March 5, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Kenosha Regional Airport Accessed on March 5, 2014
- ↑ History of the Village of Pleasant Prairie ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2008 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 March 5, 2014
- ^ GenDisasters.com - Pleasant Prairie, WI Powder Explosion, Mar 1911. Retrieved March 5, 2014
- ↑ ZF locations in the USA. Accessed March 5, 2014
- ↑ Pleasant Prairie Power Plant (PDF; 860 kB) ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2011 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 March 5, 2014
