Sturgeon Bay (Location, Wisconsin)
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![Third Avenue in the old town is listed in the NRHP. [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:ThirdAvenueHistoricDistrictSturgeonBayWisconsin.jpg) The Third Avenue in the Old Town is the NRHP listed. |
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| Location in Door County and Wisconsin (right) | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1835 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Wisconsin |
| County : | Door County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 49 ′ N , 87 ° 22 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 9,144 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 367.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 29.3 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) of which 24.9 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 178 m |
| Postcodes : | 54235 |
| Area code : | +1 920 |
| FIPS : | 55-77875 |
| GNIS ID : | 1584239 |
| Website : | www.sturgeonbaywi.org |
| Mayor : | Thad Birmingham |
 Sturgeon Bay City Hall |
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Sturgeon Bay is a small town (with the status " City ") in Door County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Sturgeon Bay had 9144 residents, making it the county's largest city.
geography
Sturgeon Bay is 44 ° 49 ′ north latitude and 87 ° 22 ′ west longitude, extends over 29.3 km 2 (24.9 km 2 of which on land) at an altitude of 178 meters above sea level on the Door Peninsula , which separates Green Bay and Lake Michigan . With the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal within the city, the northern part of the peninsula became a de facto island.
The nearest larger cities are Green Bay (approx. 65 km southwest), Appleton (approx. 110 km southwest) and Sheboygan (approx. 130 km south). Madison , the capital of the state, is approx. 280 km southwest and Chicago , the next megacity , approx. 350 km south.
Infrastructure
Wisconsin Highways 42 and 57 run through town . The highways run in the city on the same route and lead over the Sturgeon Bay Bridge , a bascule bridge over Sturgeon Bay, in a north-easterly direction out of Sturgeon Bay.
The city was connected to the route network of the Ahnapee and Western Railway . The route has been closed and is used as the Ahnapee State Trail .
The nearest airport is Austin Straubel International Airport , 80 kilometers southwest of the city.
history
The first settler in what is now the city was Increase Claflin, who built a house on Sturgeon Bay in 1835. In the period from 1872 to 1881 the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was built, which facilitated shipping between Green Bay and the greater Chicago area.
population
According to the 2010 census , Sturgeon Bay had 9,144 people in 4,288 households. The population density was 367.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.07 people lived in the 4288 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.1 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.7 percent of the population.
19.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 44,621 USD . The per capita income was $ 28,183. 14.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Famous pepole
- Edward S. Minor (1840-1924), politician, MP for Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives ; died in Sturgeon Bay
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Directory of Historic Places, entries for Wisconsin, Door County, entry # 83004282
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ^ North American Numbering Plan Administration, Wisconsin Numbering Plan
- ^ Website of the city, list of elected city councilors
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder, accessed January 22, 2014
- ↑ a b US Census Bureau - Areas and population densities of selected areas of Wisconsin
- ↑ General plan of the Ahnapee State Trail (pdf, 130 kB) ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Wisconsin Resort for Nature and Environment, information page about the Ahnapee State Trail ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2011 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.
- ^ Wisconsin History, old newspaper article about the history of the first settler in Door County
