Stoughton (Wisconsin)

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Stoughton
The center of Stoughton, which has been listed as a Historic District in the NRHP since 1982 [1]
The center of Stoughton, listed as a Historic District in the NRHP since 1982
Location in Wisconsin
Stoughton (Wisconsin)
Stoughton
Stoughton
Basic data
Foundation : 1847
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Dane County
Coordinates : 42 ° 55 ′  N , 89 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 55 ′  N , 89 ° 13 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 12,611 (as of 2010)
568,593 (as of 2010)
Population density : 956.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 13.18 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 )
Height : 267 m
Postal code : 53589
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-77675
GNIS ID : 1574965
Website : www.ci.stoughton.wi.us
Mayor : Donna Olson
Universalist Church, Stoughton, Wisconsin.jpg
The Stoughton Universalist Church , listed on the NRHP since 1982

Stoughton is a town (with the status " City ") in Dane County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Stoughton had 12,611 residents.

Stoughton is part of the Madison metropolitan area .

geography

Stoughton is located in south-central Wisconsin, in the northwest suburb of Wisconsin's capital, Madison . The city is traversed by the Yahara River , a tributary of the Rock River, which flows into the Mississippi in the neighboring state of Illinois . The intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located on the Mississippi and is 156 km west-southwest.

The geographical coordinates of Stoughton are 42 ° 55'01 "north latitude and 89 ° 13'04" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​13.18 km².

The center of Madison is 19 miles to the northwest. Neighboring towns to Stoughton are Door Creek (8 miles north), Utica (8 miles northeast), Albion (9 miles east-southeast), Edgerton (12 miles southeast), Dunkirk (2.9 miles south), Evansville ( 13 miles southwest), Brooklyn (12 miles west southwest), Oregon (8 miles west), and McFarland (10 miles northwest).

The nearest other major cities besides Madison are Green Bay (150 miles northeast), Milwaukee (78 miles east), Chicago (206 miles southeast) and Rockford (54 miles south).

traffic

US Highway 51 and Wisconsin State Highway 138 meet in Stoughton . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railroad line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR), a regional ( Class II ) freight transport company, runs through Stoughton from north to south . The only passenger in the region is from Chicago circulating to the West Coast Empire Builder from Amtrak , which stops in Madison.

The nearest airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (19 miles northwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Stoughton had 12,611 people in 5,133 households. The population density was 956.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.41 people lived in 5,133 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.1 percent white, 1.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.3 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.

25.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.6 percent were 65 years or older. 52.8 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 60,206  USD . The per capita income was $ 27,845. 10.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82001842.Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82000659.Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  4. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on November 20, 2013.

Web links

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