Sparta, Wisconsin
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| Nickname : Bicycling Capital Of America | |||
![Water Street in the center of Sparta, since 1992 listed as Water Street Commercial Historic District in the NRHP [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:WaterStreetSpartaWI.JPG) Water Street in the center of Sparta, listed as Water Street Commercial Historic District in the NRHP since 1992 |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Monroe County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 57 ′ N , 90 ° 49 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 9,522 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 557.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 17.09 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 239 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54656 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-75325 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1574514 | ||
| Website : | www.spartawisconsin.org | ||
| Mayor : | Ronald Button | ||
 The Monroe County Courthouse in Sparta, listed on the NRHP since 1982 |
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Sparta is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Monroe County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Sparta had 9,522 inhabitants.
geography
Sparta is located in the Midwest Wisconsin both sides of La Crosse River , a left tributary of the border to Minnesota forming Mississippi .
The geographical coordinates of Sparta are 43 ° 56'39 "north latitude and 90 ° 48'46" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 17.09 km² and is surrounded by the towns of Sparta (in the west) and Angelo (in the east) without belonging to any of them.
Neighboring towns of Sparta are Cataract (17.8 km north), Angelo (on the northeastern city limits), Tomah (28.1 km east), Norwalk (22.9 km southeast), Leon (8.3 km south), Rockland ( 11.5 km southwest) and Burns (15.5 km west).
FortMcCoy, a US Army garrison, is located on the eastern outskirts of Sparta .
The closest major cities are Wausau (184 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (295 km west southwest), Wisconsin's capital Madison (184 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (294 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa (304 km south), La Crosse on the Mississippi (45.9 km west southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (156 km west) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota (270 km northwest).
traffic
The Interstate 90 runs along the southern border of Sparta. Downtown Wisconsin State Highways 16 , 21 , 27, and 71 meet. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) freight line runs through Sparta .
The Elroy-Sparta State Trail and the La Crosse River State Trail meet in Sparta , two rail trails for hikers and cyclists that run along the route of a former railway line of the former Chicago and North Western Railway . In winter, the hiking trails can also be used with snowmobiles.
With the Sparta / Fort McCoy Airport one in-possession of the US Army airfield for civilian use (located 8 km west of Sparta General Aviation ) is open. The nearest commercial airport is La Crosse Regional Airport (43.4 km west-southwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Sparta had 9,522 people in 3,986 households. The population density was 557.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.32 people lived in each of the 3,986 households.
The racial the population was composed of 92.2 percent white, 1.5 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 3.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 6.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 41,132 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,518. 14.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- William Hawley Atwell (1869–1961): Federal Judge , born in Sparta
- Edward R. Burke (1880–1968): Democratic MP in both houses of the US Congress , raised in Sparta
- John J. Esch (1861-1941): longtime Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1899-1921), grew up in Sparta
- Robert Herman Flock Bever (* 1956): Roman Catholic Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco in Bolivia, born in Sparta
- Edgar Stillman Kelley (1857–1944), composer, conductor, organist, pianist, music critic and music teacher, born in Sparta
- Deke Slayton (1924–1993): Spaceman, born and raised in Sparta
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 92001554.Retrieved July 23, 2014
- ^ Sparta City Council.Retrieved July 23, 2014
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82000689.Retrieved July 23, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved July 23, 2014
- ↑ Fort McCoy Garrison.Retrieved July 23, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 23, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB) Retrieved July 23, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Elroy-Sparta State Trail.Retrieved July 23, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - La Crosse River State Trail.Retrieved July 23, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Sparta / Fort McCoy Airport Retrieved on July 23, 2014