St. Croix Falls

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St. Croix Falls
St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
St. Croix Falls
St. Croix Falls
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Polk County
Coordinates : 45 ° 25 ′  N , 92 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 25 ′  N , 92 ° 38 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,133 (as of 2010)
Population density : 172.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 12.38 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 )
Height : 282 m
Postal code : 54024
Area code : +1 715
FIPS : 55-70550
GNIS ID : 1572910
Website : www.cityofstcroixfalls.com
Mayor : Brian Blesi

St. Croix Falls is a small town (with the status " City ") in Polk County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , St. Croix Falls had 2,133 residents.

geography

St. Croix Falls is located in northwest Wisconsin, on the St. Croix River . This forms the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota and flows into the Mississippi about 90 km southwest of St. Croix Falls .

The geographical coordinates of St. Croix Falls are 45 ° 24'36 "north latitude and 92 ° 38'23" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​12.38 km². The city is surrounded in Wisconsin by the Town of St. Croix Falls without belonging to it.

St. Croix Falls is across from Taylors Falls , Minnesota. Other neighboring towns are Cushing (20.8 km north), Centuria (11 km northeast), Balsam Lake (19 km east-northeast), Dresser (6.5 km south) and Shafer in Minnesota (10.5 km west).

The closest major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) in Minnesota (80.5 km southwest), Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (192 km north), Eau Claire (146 km southeast) and Rochester , Minnesota (188 km southern). Wisconsin's capital, Madison, is 431 km to the southeast.

traffic

The US Highway 8 runs from Minnesota coming in west-east direction through the south of the city. In addition, Wisconsin State Highways 35 and 87 meet in the center of St. Croix Falls. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

The southern end point of the Gandy Dancer State Trail is in St. Croix Falls . This is a combined hiking and cycling path known as a Rail Trail on the route of a disused railway line. The name of the path goes back to the slang word Gandy Dancer , which was used to describe a railroad worker.

The nearest airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (92.5 km southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , St. Croix Falls had 2,133 people in 967 households. The population density was 172.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.14 people lived in each of the 967 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.8 percent were 65 years or older. 55.1 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 46,500  USD . The per capita income was $ 27,216. 8.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City of St. Croix Falls - City Council.Retrieved August 7, 2014
  2. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 7, 2014
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 7, 2014
  4. ↑ Trails from Rails - Gandy Dancer State Trail ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 7, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trailsfromrails.com
  5. ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Gandy Dancer State Trail.Retrieved August 7, 2014

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