Turtle Lake, Wisconsin
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1875 (settled) 1898 (incorporated) |
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| Counties : |
Barron County Polk County |
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| Coordinates : | 45 ° 24 ′ N , 92 ° 9 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,050 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 134.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.8 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 385 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54889 | ||
| Area code : | +1 715 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-81075 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1575742 | ||
| Website : | www.villageofturtlelake.com | ||
| Mayor : | Sheryl Gehrman (President) | ||
Turtle Lake is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Barron County and to a lesser extent in Polk County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Turtle Lake had 1,050 residents.
geography
Turtle Lake is located in northwest Wisconsin, about 40 km east of the St. Croix River . This forms the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota and flows into the Mississippi about 110 km southwest of Turtle Lake .
The geographical coordinates of Turtle Lake are 45 ° 23'40 "north latitude and 92 ° 08'33" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 7.8 km². Turtle Lake is surrounded by the Town of Almena and the Town of Turtle Lake in Barron County and the Town of Beaver in Polk County, without belonging to any of them.
Neighboring towns to Turtle Lake are Cumberland (20 km northeast), Almena (10 km east) and Clayton (9.3 km south-southwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) in Minnesota (112 km southwest), Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (176 km north), Eau Claire (111 km southeast) and Rochester in Minnesota (192 km south) . Wisconsin's capital, Madison, is 392 km to the southeast.
traffic
US Highways 8 and 63 meet in Turtle Lake . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
In a northeast-southwest direction, the Cattail State Trail runs through the community of Turtle Lake. This is a combined hiking, riding and cycling path called a Rail Trail on the route of a disused railway line. The path can also be used with quads and mopeds, and in winter with snowmobiles.
The nearest airports are Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire (106 km southeast) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (131 km southwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Turtle Lake had 1,050 people in 492 households. The population density was 134.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.13 people lived in each of the 492 households.
The racial the population was composed of 92.4 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 4.6 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.
22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.3 percent were 65 years or older. 52.0 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 40,952 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,090. 14.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ Village of Turtle Lake - Meet Your Official. Retrieved August 9, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 9, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 9, 2014
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Cattail State Trail. Retrieved August 9, 2014