Princeton, Wisconsin

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Princeton
Center of Princeton, listed as Princeton Downtown Historic District in the NRHP since 1982 [1]
Center of Princeton, as Princeton Downtown Historic District since 1982 NRHP listed
Location in Wisconsin
Princeton, Wisconsin
Princeton
Princeton
Basic data
Foundation : 1848
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Green Lake County
Coordinates : 43 ° 51 ′  N , 89 ° 7 ′  W 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 Wisconsin City Hall Police Station.jpg
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

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82000672.Retrieved February 14, 2014
  2. a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved February 14, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 14, 2014

Web links

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