Sister Bay
| Sister Bay | |||
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 Center of Sister Bay |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Door County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 11 ′ N , 87 ° 7 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 876 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 131.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 9.27 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) of which 6.68 km 2 (about 3 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 189 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54234 | ||
| Area code : | +1 920 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-74225 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1574209 | ||
| Website : | www.sisterbay.com | ||
| Mayor : | David W. Lienau (President) | ||
 Jischke's Meat Market , butcher shop established in 1902 by the German Frank Jischke and his family, listed in the NRHP since 1986 |
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Sister Bay is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Door County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Sister Bay had 876 residents.
geography
Sister Bay is located in eastern Wisconsin on the west bank of Green Bay , a bay on Lake Michigan . The geographical coordinates of Sister Bay are 45 ° 11'14 "north latitude and 87 ° 07'15" west longitude. The municipal area extends over an area of 9.27 km², which is spread over 6.68 km² of land and 2.59 km² of water. The municipality of Sister Bay is surrounded to the east by the Town of Gibraltar and to the west by the Town of Liberty Grove , without belonging to any of them.
Neighboring locations to Sister Bay are Ellison Bay (9 km northeast), Northport (18.4 km in the same direction), Baileys Harbor (14.4 km south), Ephraim (6.4 km southwest) and Fish Creek (13, 8 km in the same direction).
The closest major cities are Green Bay (121 km southwest), Milwaukee (275 km south), Chicago , Illinois (427 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (345 km southwest), and Eau Claire (430 km west).
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 42 runs as the main road through Sister Bay. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Ephraim-Gibraltar Airport there is a small airfield 9.4 km southwest. The Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay is 138 kilometers south-west lying next regional airport; the nearest major airports are Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (285 km south), O'Hare International Airport in Chicago (401 km in the same direction) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (573 km west).
population
According to the 2010 census , Sister Bay had 876 people in 457 households. The population density was 131.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 1.75 people lived in each of the 457 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.1 percent of the population.
10.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 43.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 46.2 percent were 65 years or older. 57.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 38,056 USD . The per capita income was $ 29,812. 9.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 86002306. Retrieved January 23, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 23, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 23, 2014
