Trempealeau
| Trempealeau | |||
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 Center of Trempealeau |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Trempealeau County | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 0 ′ N , 91 ° 27 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,529 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 315.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5.44 km 2 (about 2 mi 2 ) of which 4.84 km 2 (about 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 208 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54661 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-80475 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1575590 | ||
| Website : | www.trempealeauwi.com | ||
| Mayor : | Kurt D. Wood (President) | ||
 Eastern entrance to Trempealeau |
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Trempealeau is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Trempealeau County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Trempealeau had 1529 inhabitants.
geography
Trempealeau is located in western Wisconsin on the east side of the border with Minnesota forming Mississippi . The place is about 3 km below the mouth of the Trempealeau River and about 10 km above the mouth of the Black River in the Mississippi. Perrot State Park lies between the northwest parish boundary and the mouth of the Trempealeau River .
The geographical coordinates of Trempealeau are 44 ° 00'20 "north latitude and 91 ° 26'32" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 5.44 km², which is spread over 4.84 km² of land and 0.6 km² of water. The community of Trempealeau is surrounded within Wisconsin by the Town of Trempealeau without belonging to it. On the opposite bank of Minnesota is Richmond Township in Winona County .
Neighboring towns of Trempealeau are Galesville (12.8 km northeast), Holmen (17 km east-southeast) and Winona on the opposite bank of the Mississippi in Minnesota (24 km west-northwest).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (342 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (357 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (236 km southeast), La Crosse (37 km downstream in a southeast direction), Rochester , Minnesota (98 , 4 km west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (192 km northwest) and Eau Claire (106 km north).
traffic
The Mississippi is the largest and oldest transportation route in Trempealeau. A number of barrages and locks were built to enable shipping for large push convoys on the upper section of the river. With the dam No. 6 ( Lock and Dam No. 6 ) one of these hydraulic structures is located between the center of Trempeleau and the opposite bank of Minnesota.
In the northwest-southeast direction runs the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road forming Wisconsin State Highway 35 through the municipality of Trempeleau. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Along the Mississippi a railroad line for the freight traffic of the BNSF Railway runs through Trempealeau.
The nearest airport is La Crosse Regional Airport (34.3 km southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census , Trempealeau had 1,529 people in 704 households. The population density was 315.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.17 people lived in each of the 704 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.
20.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was at 49,000 USD . The per capita income was $ 28,686. 7.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Charles Kenneth Leith (1875–1956) - geologist - born and raised in Trempealeau
Individual evidence
- ^ Village of Trempealeau - Village Board and Employees (PDF; 12 kB) Accessed September 3, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 3, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 3, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Railroad Map (PDF; 379 kB). Accessed September 3, 2014
