Shell Lake, Wisconsin
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Washburn County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 44 ′ N , 91 ° 56 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,347 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 89.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 26.42 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) of which 15.05 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 378 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54871 | ||
| Area code : | +1 534, 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-73200 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1574007 | ||
| Website : | www.shelllake.org | ||
| Mayor : | Sally Peterson | ||
 The lake of the same name in Shell Lake |
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Shell Lake is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Washburn County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Shell Lake had 1,347 residents.
geography
Shell Lake is located in northwest Wisconsin around the lake of the same name. The Minnesota border runs approximately 60 km to the west.
The geographic coordinates of Shell Lake are 45 ° 44'22 "north latitude and 91 ° 55'32" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 26.42 km 2 , which is spread over 15.05 km 2 of land and 11.37 km 2 of water.
Shell Lake's neighbors are Spooner (10 km northeast), Beaver Brook (7.5 km east-northeast), Sarona (13 km east-southeast), Haugen (25 km southeast), and Cumberland (26 km south-southwest).
The nearest major cities are Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (131 km north), Wausau (262 km east-southeast), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (411 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (410 km southeast), Eau Claire (129 km) km southwest) and the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) in Minnesota (157 km southwest).
traffic
The US Highway 63 runs north-south direction as the main road through Shell Lake. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Shell Lake Municipal Airport to the city center is located south of a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Duluth International Airport (140 km north), Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire (124 km south-southwest) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (177 km southwest).
population
As of the 2010 census , Shell Lake had 1,347 people in 594 households. The population density was 89.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.16 people lived in each of the 594 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 1.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.
22.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.9 percent were 65 years or older. 55.2 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 38,947 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,651. 20.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ North American Numbering Plan Administration.Retrieved September 6, 2014
- ↑ City of Shell Lake - Elected Officials. Retrieved September 6, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved September 6, 2014
- ↑ Distances according to Google Maps.Retrieved September 6, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Shell Lake Municipal Airport Retrieved on September 6, 2014