Richland Center, Wisconsin

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Richland Center
Center of Richland Center, listed as Court Street Commercial Historic District on the NRHP since 1989 [1]
Center of Richland Center, as Court Street Commercial Historic District since 1989 NRHP listed
Location in Wisconsin
Richland Center, Wisconsin
Richland Center
Richland Center
Basic data
Foundation : 1851
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Richland County
Coordinates : 43 ° 20 ′  N , 90 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′  N , 90 ° 23 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 5,184 (as of 2010)
Population density : 459.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 11.29 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 223 m
Postal code : 53581
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-67625
GNIS ID : 1578616
Website : ci.richland-center.wi.us
Mayor : Paul F. Corcoran
Richland Center City Auditorium.jpg
The Richland Center City Auditorium , built in 1912, listed on the NRHP since 1980

Richland Center is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Richland County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Richland Center had 5184 residents.

geography

Richland Center is located in southwest Wisconsin on both sides of the Pine River , which forms part of the Mississippi River basin across the Wisconsin River . The Iowa border, formed by the Mississippi, is 41 miles west. The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota is also located on the Mississippi and lies 86.5 km west-northwest.

The geographic coordinates of Richland Center are 43 ° 20 '05 "north latitude and 90 ° 23' 12" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​11.29 km 2 .

Neighboring towns to Richland Center are Aubrey (6.5 miles east-southeast), Sextonville (7.1 miles southeast), Muscoda (12.9 miles southwest), and Boaz (8.5 miles west).

The closest major cities are La Crosse (104 km northwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (96 km east-southeast), Rockford , Illinois (211 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (230 km south), and Cedar Rapids , Iowa (232 km) km south-southwest).

traffic

The US Highway 14 runs northwest-southeast direction as the main trunk road through the center of Richland Center. The Wisconsin State Highway 56 branches off at its southern end point from US 14 and runs from there in a northerly direction as the main road through the city. Coming from the south, the Wisconsin State Highway 80 also runs through the city center and leads out of the city in a common route with the WI 56 in a northerly direction. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Richland Airport there is a small airfield 10.6 km southeast. The nearest commercial airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (115 km northwest), Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque , Iowa (129 km southwest), and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (105 km east-southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census, the Richland Center had 5,184 people in 2,361 households. The population density was 459.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.12 people lived in each of the 2361 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white , 0.7 percent African American , 0.2 percent Native American , 0.8 percent Asian and 1.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population .

22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.4 percent were 65 years or older. 53.6 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 36,489  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,937. 10.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 89001955.Retrieved October 24, 2013
  2. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 80000182.Retrieved October 24, 2013
  3. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 24, 2013
  4. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed October 24, 2013
  5. ↑ AirNav.com - Richland Airport Accessed on October 24, 2013
  6. ^ Catalog of the German National Library - Swetlana Allilujewa Retrieved on October 24, 2013
  7. ^ Catholic-Hierarchy.org - Raymond Leo Burke.Retrieved October 24, 2013
  8. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Ira Sherwin Hazeltine.Retrieved October 24, 2013
  9. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Joshua L. Johns Retrieved October 24, 2013
  10. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Gilbert L. Laws.Retrieved October 24, 2013
  11. ^ Catalog of the German National Library - Deborah Polaski Accessed October 24, 2013
  12. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - William H. Stevenson.Retrieved October 24, 2013
  13. ^ Wisconsin History - Vernon Wallace Thomson.Retrieved October 24, 2013
  14. ↑ Wright on the Web ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2013 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 October 24, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wrightontheweb.net

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