Solon Springs
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Douglas County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 21 ′ N , 91 ° 49 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
600 (status: 2010) 279,771 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 147.4 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5.96 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 4.07 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 332 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54873 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715,534 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-74575 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1574366 | ||
| Website : | www.solonsprings.net | ||
| Mayor : | Michael Blaylock (President) | ||
Solon Springs is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Douglas County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Solon Springs had 600 residents.
Solon Springs is part of the interstate Twin Ports metropolitan area around the cities of Superior and Duluth in Minnesota .
geography
The community is located in northwest Wisconsin on Upper Saint Croix Lake , near the Portage over the watershed of the Lake Superior opens Bois Brule River to the Mississippi flowing St. Croix River .
The geographical coordinates of Solon Springs are 46 ° 21'12 "north latitude and 91 ° 49'21" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 5.96 km², which is divided into 4.07 km² of land and 1.89 km² of water. The community of Solon Springs is completely surrounded by the Town of Solon Springs without belonging to it.
Neighboring towns to Solon Springs are Poplar (28.8 km north) and Gordon (13 km south).
The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (470 km southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (473 km south-southeast), Eau Claire (192 km south), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (250 km southwest) and Thunder Bay in the Canadian province of Ontario (364 km northeast).
traffic
The US Highway 53 leading into a north-south direction as the main road through Solon Springs. A four-lane bypass road runs along the western edge of the town. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Solon Springs Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 22.6 km east. The nearest commercial airport is Duluth International Airport (68.5 km north-northwest).
population
As of the 2010 census , Solon Springs had 600 people in 263 households. The population density was 147.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 263 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.2 percent African American and 1.3 percent Native American; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.7 percent of the population.
23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 36,477 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,169. 8.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 25, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Brule River State Forests.Retrieved January 24, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 25, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Solon Springs Municipal Airport Accessed on January 25, 2014