Silver Lake (Kenosha County, Wisconsin)

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Silver Lake
Silver Lake, Wisconsin
Silver Lake
Silver Lake
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Kenosha County
Coordinates : 42 ° 33 ′  N , 88 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 33 ′  N , 88 ° 10 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
2,411 (status: 2010)
9,572,572 (status: 2010)
Population density : 688.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.5 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 230 m
Postal code : 53170
Area code : +1 262
FIPS : 55-74025
GNIS ID : 1574150
Website : www.villageofsilverlakewi.com
Mayor : Sue Gerber (President)

Silver Lake is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Kenosha County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Silver Lake had 2,411 residents.

Silver Lake is part of the Chicago metropolitan area .

geography

Silver Lake is located between the lake of the same name and the Fox River in southeastern Wisconsin, around 30 km west of Lake Michigan . The geographical coordinates of Silver Lake are 42 ° 32'46 "north latitude and 88 ° 09'56" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​3.5 km².

Neighboring towns to Silver Lake are Paddock Lake (8.3 km northeast), Salem (on the eastern border), Bristol (13.3 km east), Camp Lake (on the southeastern border), Antioch , Illinois (13.3 km southeast ), Channel Lake , Illinois (8 miles south), Wilmot (2.8 miles southwest), Twin Lakes (7.8 miles west southwest), and New Munster (4.7 miles northwest).

The closest major cities are Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (75.5 km northeast), Chicago , Illinois (107 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (94.4 km west southwest), and Wisconsin's capital, Madison (141 km northwest).

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highways 50 and 83 , which run on a common stretch of road in a west-east direction, pass Silver Lake at a distance of a few hundred meters. County Highway F runs through the town as the main road in a west-east direction. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A Canadian National Railway (CN) line runs through Silver Lake for freight traffic .

With the Westosha Airport is located 6.5 km south-southwest a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (65.5 km north-northeast) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago (78.8 km south-southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Silver Lake had 2,411 people in 908 households. The population density was 688.9 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.65 people in each of the 908 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (two people) Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesians and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.9 percent were 65 years or older. 48.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 59,531  USD . The per capita income was $ 25,026. 15.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 5, 2014
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed March 5, 2014
  3. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved March 5, 2014
  4. AirNav.com - Westosha Airport Accessed on March 5, 2014

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