Spencer (Wisconsin)
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| Foundation : | 1904 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Marathon County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 45 ′ N , 90 ° 18 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,925 (status: 2010) 134,063 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 369.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5.21 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 399 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54479 | ||
| Area code : | +1 534, 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-75400 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1574525 | ||
| Website : | www.spencerwi.org | ||
| Mayor : | Jim Kilty (President) | ||
Spencer is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Marathon County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Spencer had 1925 residents.
Spencer is part of the Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area , which coincides with Marathon County.
geography
Spencer is located in north-central Wisconsin, about three kilometers west of the Little Eau Pleine River , a tributary of the Wisconsin River, which flows into the Mississippi .
The geographical coordinates of Spencer are 44 ° 45'28 "north latitude and 90 ° 17'48" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 5.21 km². The parish of Spencer is surrounded to the north, east and south by the Town of Spencer without belonging to it. The Town of Sherman borders neighboring Clark County to the west.
Neighboring towns to Spencer are Unity (10.8 km north), Stratford (14.1 km east-northeast), McMillan (12.1 km east), Marshfield (14.4 km southeast), and Loyal (11.7 km west).
The closest major cities are Wausau (75.8 km east-northeast), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (214 km east), Appleton (183 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (313 km southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (249 km southeast), La Crosse on the Mississippi (164 km southwest), Eau Claire (124 km west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (247 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (336 km northwest).
traffic
Wisconsin State Highway 13 , which runs from northwest to southeast, and Wisconsin State Highway 98 meet at its eastern end point in the center of Spencer . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Two Canadian National Railway (CN) lines meet in Spencer for freight traffic .
With the Marshfield Municipal Airport in Marshfield there is a small airfield 11 miles southeast. The nearest commercial airport is Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee (55.3 km east).
economy
The Pup Motor Car Company was a small car manufacturer in Spencer in 1948 and 1949.
population
According to the 2010 census , Spencer had 1,925 people in 816 households. The population density was 369.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.36 people lived in each of the 816 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Polynesians and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.
24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.4 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 56,583 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,737. 10.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Dave Dudley (1928–2003) - country musician - born in Spencer
Individual evidence
- ^ Village Board of Trustees.Retrieved March 22, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 22, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 22, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB). Accessed March 22, 2014
- ↑ Rockin 'County Style Dicographie - Dave Dudley. Retrieved March 22, 2014
