Stevens Point
| Stevens Point | |||
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1858 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Portage County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 31 ′ N , 89 ° 34 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 26,717 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 646.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 44.55 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of which 41.34 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 332 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 54481, 54482 | ||
| Area code : | +1 534, 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-77200 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1574878 | ||
| Website : | ci.stevens-point.wi.us | ||
| Mayor : | Andrew Halverson | ||
 Old Main Hall of the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point , listed in the NRHP since 1976 |
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Stevens Point is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Portage County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Stevens Point had 26,717 residents.
Stevens Point is home to a University of Wisconsin campus .
geography
Stevens Point is located in central Wisconsin on the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The Plover River flows through the east of the city and flows into the Wisconsin River about one kilometer south of the city.
The geographic coordinates of Stevens Point are 44 ° 31'25 "north latitude and 89 ° 34'28" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 44.55 km 2 , which is spread over 41.34 km 2 of land and 3.21 km 2 of water.
Neighboring towns to Stevens Point are Park Ridge (is completely enclosed by the Stevens Point urban area), Plover (on the southern city limits), Rudolph (13.8 miles west), Junction City (12.9 miles northwest), Rosholt (27.7 miles west) km northeast) and Custer (12.4 km east).
The nearest major cities are Wausau (35 miles north), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (139 km east), Appleton (111 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (242 km southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (177 km south), La Crosse on the Mississippi (186 km west-southwest), Eau Claire (183 km west-northwest), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (314 km in the same direction), and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (417 km northwest).
Economy and Transport
The Verso Corporation operates a paper mill in Stevens Point with an annual production capacity of around 210,000 tons of paper.
The Interstate 39 and here running on a section of track shared US Highway 51 leading into a north-south direction through the east of Stevens Point. Business US 51 runs through the center in a north-south direction , US Highway 10 in a west-east direction and Wisconsin State Highway 66 in a northeast-southwest direction . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Several Canadian National Railway (CN) lines meet at Stevens Point for freight traffic .
With the Stevens Point Municipal Airport there is a small airfield in the north-eastern part of the city. The nearest commercial airport is Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee near Wausau (33 km north).
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 1538 | - | |
| 1870 | 1895 | 23.2% | |
| 1880 | 4445 | 134.6% | |
| 1890 | 7896 | 77.6% | |
| 1900 | 9524 | 20.6% | |
| 1910 | 8692 | -8.7% | |
| 1920 | 11,371 | 30.8% | |
| 1930 | 13,623 | 19.8% | |
| 1940 | 15,777 | 15.8% | |
| 1950 | 16,564 | 5% | |
| 1960 | 17,837 | 7.7% | |
| 1970 | 23,479 | 31.6% | |
| 1980 | 22,970 | -2.2% | |
| 1990 | 23.006 | 0.2% | |
| 2000 | 24,551 | 6.7% | |
| 2010 | 26,717 | 8.8% | |
| 2012 estimate | 26,748 | 0.1% | |
| 1860-2000 2010-2012 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Stevens Point had 26,717 people in 10,598 households. The population density was 646.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.21 people lived in each of the 10,598 households.
The racial the population was composed of 91.7 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 4.7 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
16 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 72 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 38,934 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,429. 23.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Personalities
- Webster E. Brown (1851-1929) - Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1901-1907) - lived at Stevens Point for several years
- George W. Cate (1825–1905) - Democratic MP for the US House of Representatives (1875–1877) - died in Stevens Point and is buried here
- Lee S. Dreyfus (1926-2008) - 40th Governor of Wisconsin (1979-1983) - was Dean of the University of Stevens Point
- Suzy Favor-Hamilton (* 1968) - former middle distance runner - was born and raised in Stevens Point
- Robert Frederick Froehlke (1922–2016) - politician - lived and worked for a long time in Stevens Point
- Kathy Kinney (* 1954) - actress - born and raised in Stevens Point
- Floyd Lounsbury (1914–1998) - Mayan expert and Indian linguist - born in Stevens Point
- Janel McCarville (* 1982) - basketball player - born and raised in Stevens Point
- Joe Pavelski (* 1984) - ice hockey player - born and raised in Stevens Point
- Ryan Ramczyk (* 1994) - American football player - born in Stevens Point
- Lauren Stuhlmann (* 1983) - Canadian soccer player - born in Stevens Point
- Chris Solinsky (* 1984) - long distance runner - born and raised in Stevens Point
- Garrett Weber-Gale (* 1985) - swimmer, Olympian - born and raised in Stevens Point
- Peter Weller (* 1947) - actor - born in Stevens Point
- Chester Yorton (* 1940) - bodybuilder - born in Stevens Point
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mayor Andrew Halverson ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2014 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 March 23, 2014
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 76000074.Retrieved March 23, 2014
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 23, 2014
- ^ University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.Retrieved March 23, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 23, 2014
- ↑ Verso: Stevens Point Mill , accessed September 11, 2019
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB). Accessed March 23, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Stevens Point Municipal Airport Accessed on 23 March 2014
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved March 23, 2014
- ↑ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Stevens Point, Wisconsin ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 23, 2014
