Ridgeway, Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Iowa County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 0 ′ N , 89 ° 59 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
653 (as of 2010) 568,593 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 200.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3.26 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 354 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53582 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-67875 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1572305 | ||
| Website : | villageofridgeway.com | ||
| Mayor : | Jon Steen (President) | ||
Ridgeway is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Iowa County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Ridgeway had 653 residents.
Ridgeway is part of the Madison metropolitan area .
geography
Ridgeway is located in southwest Wisconsin. The intersection of the three states of Minnesota , Iowa and Wisconsin on the Mississippi is 150 km to the northwest. After Illinois there are 68 km to the south.
The geographical coordinates of Ridgeway are 43 ° 00'08 "north latitude and 89 ° 59'25" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 3.26 km². The place is completely enclosed by the Town of Ridgeway without belonging to it.
Neighboring towns to Ridgeway are Hyde (9.5 km north), Arena (15.1 km north-northeast), Barneveld (8.5 km east), Hollandale (18.2 km south-southeast) and Dodgeville (15.1 km west-southwest).
The nearest major cities are La Crosse (167 km northwest), Green Bay (280 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (57.2 km east northeast), Rockford , Illinois (139 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois (205 km southwest) and Cedar Rapids , Iowa, 206 km southwest.
traffic
US Highways 18 and 151 run through Ridgeway in a south-west-north-east direction on a common stretch of route . All other roads are subordinate country roads and some unpaved roads.
A rail trail for hikers and cyclists runs parallel to the US 18 / US 151 road through Ridgeway on the route of a former railway line of the Chicago and North Western Railway with the Military Ridge State Trail . In winter, the hiking trail can also be used with snowmobiles.
With the Iowa County Airport there is a small airfield 15 miles southwest. The nearest commercial airports are Dubuque Regional Airport in Iowa (103 km southwest), Chicago Rockford International Airport (148 km southeast) and Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin's capital Madison (67 km east-northeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Ridgeway had 653 people in 267 households. The population density was 200.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.41 people lived in each of the 267 households.
Ethnically speaking, the population consisted only of whites with 8 exceptions. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.1 percent of the population.
23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.7 percent were 65 years or older. 45.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 46,719 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,271. 8.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 12, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 12, 2013
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Military Ridge State Trail.Retrieved November 12, 2013