Princeton, Wisconsin
Princeton | ||
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Center of Princeton, as Princeton Downtown Historic District since 1982 NRHP listed |
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Location in Wisconsin | ||
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | 1848 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Wisconsin | |
County : | Green Lake County | |
Coordinates : | 43 ° 51 ′ N , 89 ° 7 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | |
Residents : | 1,214 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 285.6 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 4.25 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | |
Height : | 238 m | |
Postal code : | 54968 | |
Area code : | +1 920 | |
FIPS : | 55-65600 | |
GNIS ID : | 1571941 | |
Website : | www.cityofprincetonwi.com | |
Mayor : | Robert 'Bob' Mosolf | |
Princeton City Hall and Police Station |
Princeton is a small town (with the status " City ") in Green Lake County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Princeton had 1,214 residents.
geography
Princeton is located in southeast central Wisconsin on both sides of the Fox River , a tributary of Lake Michigan . The geographical coordinates of Princeton are 43 ° 51'03 "north latitude and 89 ° 07'18" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 4.25 km². The city of Princeton is surrounded to the east, south and west by the Town of Princeton and to the north by the Town of St. Marie without belonging to any of these towns.
Princeton neighbors are Green Lake (14.6 km east), Markesan (14.6 km southeast), Marquette (13.7 km south), Montello (18.3 km west southwest), and Neshkoro (16.6 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (137 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (158 km southeast), Chicago , Illinois (307 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (201 km south) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (110 km south-southwest) ).
traffic
Wisconsin State Highways 23 and 73 meet at Princeton . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (106 km southwest) and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (168 km southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Princeton had 1,214 people in 551 households. The population density was 285.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.15 people lived in each of the 551 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.9 percent were 65 years or older. 53.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 38,333 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,810. 9.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Walter Halben Butler (1852–1931) - Democratic Member of the US House of Representatives (1891–1893) - began his career as a lawyer in Princeton
- James H. Davidson (1858-1918) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1897-1913, 1917-1918) - practiced law at Princeton for years
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82000672.Retrieved February 14, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved February 14, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 14, 2014