Swiss (Wisconsin)
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 Town of Swiss cemetery |
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| Location of Swiss in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1848 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Burnett County | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 1 ′ N , 92 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 790 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 5.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 157.2 km 2 (approx. 61 mi 2 ) of which 148.8 km 2 (approx. 57 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 297 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54830 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715,534 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-78775 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1584262 | ||
 Location of the Town of Swiss in Burnett County |
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The Town of Swiss is one of 21 Towns in Burnett County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Swiss had 790 inhabitants. Swiss was founded in 1848 by Swiss immigrants.
Town has a fundamentally different meaning in Wisconsin than in the rest of the English-speaking area. Rather, it corresponds to the usual townships in the other US states , which form the next smaller administrative unit after the county .
geography
The Town of Swiss is located in northwest Wisconsin, on the southeast bank of the St. Croix River , which flows into the Mississippi and forms the border with Minnesota .
The geographical coordinates of the center of the Town of Swiss are 46 ° 00'59 "north latitude and 92 ° 17'29" west longitude. It extends over an area of 157.2 km², which is spread over 148.8 km² of land and 8.4 km² of water.
The Town of Swiss is located in the north of Burnett County and borders the following neighboring towns and townships:
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Arna Township (Pine County, Minnesota) |
Town of Blaine | |
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Ogema Township (Pine County, Minnesota) Crosby Township (Pine County, Minnesota) |
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Town of Webb Lake |
| Town of Union | Town of Oakland | Town of Jackson |
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 35 runs parallel to the St. Croix River through the Town of Swiss and crosses the Wisconsin State Highway 77, which runs in a west-east direction . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In Danbury , the only settlement in the Town of Swiss, is the northern terminus of the Gandy Dancer State Trail . 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.
With the Burnett County Airport is located 27.5 kilometers south of a small airfield. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (187 km south-southwest).
population
In addition to the Danbury settlement, which was summarized as a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes only, most of the residents live in individual houses scattered across the area.
According to the 2010 census , there were 790 people in 355 households in the Town of Swiss. The population density was 5.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 00,000 people in each of the 355 households.
The racial the population was composed of 75.1 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 20.8 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.2 percent of the population.
17.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 53,149 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,240. 16.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 4, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed September 4, 2013
- ↑ 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 September 4, 2013
