Stratford, Wisconsin

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Stratford
Stratford, Wisconsin
Stratford
Stratford
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
Foundation : 1891
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Marathon County
Coordinates : 44 ° 48 ′  N , 90 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 48 ′  N , 90 ° 5 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
1,578 (as of 2010)
134,063 (as of 2010)
Population density : 113.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 13.86 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 )
Height : 386 m
Postal code : 54484
Area code : +1 534, 715
FIPS : 55-77750
GNIS ID : 1574972
Website : www.stratfordwi.com
Mayor : Harvey "Bud" Suckow (President)

Stratford is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Marathon County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Stratford had 1,578 residents.

Stratford is part of the  Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area , which coincides with Marathon County.

geography

Stratford is located in north-central Wisconsin on the Big Eau Pleine River , a tributary of the Wisconsin River that flows into the Mississippi .

The geographical coordinates of Stratford are 44 ° 48'04 "north latitude and 90 ° 04'45" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​13.86 km². The parish of Stratford is surrounded on the northwest, west and southwest by the Town of Eau Pleine and on the northeast, east and southeast by the Town of Cleveland , without being part of any of them.

Neighboring towns to Stratford are Fenwood (8 miles northeast), Auburndale (13 miles south), Marshfield (11 miles southwest), Spencer (13 miles west southwest) and Unity (15 miles west northwest).

The nearest major cities are Wausau (52.7 km east-northeast), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (191 km east), Appleton (174 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (304 km southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (240 km south-southeast), La Crosse on the Mississippi (181 km southwest), Eau Claire (140 km west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (262 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (349 km northwest).

traffic

In downtown Stratford, Wisconsin State Highways 97 and 153 cross . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee (20 miles east).

population

According to the 2010 census , Stratford had 1,578 people in 666 households. The population density was 113.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.37 people lived in each of the 666 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

26.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 45,563  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,632. 9.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Board of Trustees.Retrieved March 22, 2014
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 22, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 22, 2014

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