Portage (Wisconsin)
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![The center of Portage, listed as Portage Retail Historic District in the NRHP since 1995 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:PortageRetailHistoricDistrictCookBetweenWisconsinDeWittWIS33.jpg) The center of Portage, as Portage Retail Historic District since 1995 NRHP listed |
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| Foundation : | 1854 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Columbia County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 33 ′ N , 89 ° 28 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
10,324 (as of 2010) 568,593 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 480.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 23.4 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 21.5 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 249 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 53901 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-64100 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1583953 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.portage.wi.us | ||
| Mayor : | Ken Jahn | ||
 The southwestern end of the Portage Canal , which since 1977 in the NRHP is listed |
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Portage is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Columbia County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Portage had a population of 10,324. Portage is part of the Madison metropolitan area .
geography
Portage is located at latitude 43 ° 33 'north and longitude 89 ° 28' west, extends over 23.4 km 2 at an altitude of 249 meters above sea level. The city lies in the valley of the Wisconsin River .
The Interstate Highways I-39 , I-90 and I-94 cross on the outskirts of the city . Interstate 39 , US Highway 51, and Wisconsin Highways 16 , 33, and 127 run through the city .
The city is connected to the Canadian Pacific Railway network. The Empire Builder , an Amtrak passenger train from Chicago to Seattle , stops at Portage twice a day.
The Dane County Regional Airport is located 50 kilometers south of the city.
The nearest major cities are Madison , the state capital (approx. 60 km south), Wausau (approx. 150 km north), La Crosse (approx. 160 km west) and Milwaukee (approx. 160 km east). The nearest megacity is Chicago (approx. 260 km southeast).
history
The regional Indian tribes , and later also the European traders, already used the advantage of the lowlands between the Fox River and the Wisconsin River as a natural portage . In 1673 Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet came to what is now Portage using canoes. The French fur traders described the place as "le portage". The city owes its name to this word (description for "carry water vehicles to be able to avoid obstacles in the water section"). As a "portage" the community developed into a lively trading center. To support this development, a canal to the Fox River was built. It succeeded in establishing an important waterway between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River . The waterway became known as the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway and was an important and widely used route for fur traders during the French colonization of the American continent. Portage was later connected to the railway network. Portage has had city status since 1854 .
population
According to the 2010 census , Portage had 10,324 people in 4,060 households. The population density was 480.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.27 people lived in 4060 households.
The racial the population was composed of 90.9 percent white, 5.0 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.9 percent were 65 years or older. 46.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 43,428 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,169. 16.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
People associated with the city
- Jeffrey Dahmer (1960–1994), serial killer, imprisoned in Portage from 1992 and murdered by a fellow inmate
- Zona Gale (1874–1938), writer and playwright , 1921 first female winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Theater
- Charles W. Henney (1884–1969), politician, MP for Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives
- John Edward Kelley (1853–1941), politician, MP for South Dakota in the US House of Representatives
- James J. Lindsay (* 1932), General, born in Portage
- Russell W. Peterson (1916–2011), politician, governor of the state of Delaware
- Frederick Jackson Turner (1861–1932), historian, born in Portage
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 95000510.Retrieved October 1, 2013
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 77000030.Retrieved October 1, 2013
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 1, 2013
- ^ Clean Water Action Council. Green Bay, WI. "History of the Fox River and Green Bay." ( Memento of the original from October 11, 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. Accessed January 16, 2011
