Viroqua

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Viroqua
Center of Viroqua, listed as Viroqua Downtown Historic District in the NRHP since 2003 [1]
Center of Viroqua, as Viroqua Downtown Historic District since 2003 NRHP listed
Location in Wisconsin
Viroqua, Wisconsin
Viroqua
Viroqua
Basic data
Foundation : 1844
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Vernon County
Coordinates : 43 ° 33 ′  N , 90 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 33 ′  N , 90 ° 53 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 4,362 (as of 2010)
Population density : 443.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 9.84 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 386 m
Postal code : 54665
Area code : +1 608
FIPS : 55-82925
GNIS ID : 1576119
Website : www.viroqua-wisconsin.com
Mayor : Larry P. Fanta
Tobacco building.jpg
The tobacco office in Viroqua, built in late Victorian style in 1906 , has been listed in the NRHP since 2003

Viroqua is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Vernon County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Viroqua had 4362 inhabitants.

geography

Viroqua is located in southwest Wisconsin, around 35 km east of the intersection of the three states of Minnesota , Iowa and Wisconsin on the Mississippi .

Viroqua is located in the Ice Age-shaped region called the Driftless Area , which extends across southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, and far northwestern Illinois. During the last ice age, the so-called Wisconsin Glaciation , the region remained ice-free, so that the river valleys could cut deeper into the plateau during this time.

The geographical coordinates of Viroqua are 43 ° 33'25 "north latitude and 90 ° 53'20" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​9.84 km².

Neighboring towns of Viroqua are Westby (11.9 km northeast), La Farge (25.1 km east) and Readstown (18.1 km southeast).

The closest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (328 km east-northeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (151 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (280 km in the same direction), Rockford in Illinois (258 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa (254 km south), Cedar Rapids in Iowa (150 miles southwest), Rochester , Minnesota (174 km west northwest), and the Twin Cities , Minnesota (268 km northwest).

traffic

The US highways 14 and 61 and the Wisconsin State Highway 27 run in a north-south direction through the city of Viroqua. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

Viroqua Municipal Airport is a small airfield in the north of the city . The nearest commercial airports are La Crosse Regional Airport (59.8 km northwest), Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque , Iowa (152 km south) and Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (159 km east-southeast).

population

According to the 2010 census , Viroqua had 4,362 people in 2,029 households. The population density was 443.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.06 people lived in 2029 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.6 percent were 65 years or older. 53.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 33,803  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,811. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 03000669.Retrieved December 23, 2013
  2. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 03001167.Retrieved December 23, 2013
  3. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 23, 2013
  4. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 23, 2013
  5. ↑ AirNav.com - Viroqua Municipal Airport Retrieved on December 23, 2013

Web links

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