Wakefield, Michigan
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| State : | United States |
| State : | Michigan |
| County : | Gogebic County |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 29 ′ N , 89 ° 56 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,851 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 89.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 22.25 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 20.77 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 469 m |
| Postal code : | 49968 |
| Area code : | +1 906 |
| FIPS : | 26-82780 |
| GNIS ID : | 1622046 |
| Website : | www.cityofwakefield.org |
| Mayor : | Les snail |
 Wakefield Town Hall |
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Wakefield is a small town (with the status " City ") in Gogebic County in the US -amerikanischen State Michigan . In 2010 , Wakefield had 1,851 residents.
geography
Wakefield is located in the west of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on the Little Black River , which is dammed up to Sunday Lake , which belongs to the catchment area of the Upper Lake via the Black River . The Wisconsin border is 12 miles south.
The geographical coordinates of Wakefield are 46 ° 28'31 "north latitude and 89 ° 56'24" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 22.25 km², which is spread over 20.77 km² of land and 1.48 km² of water.
Neighboring places of Wakefield are Ramsay (on the western city limits), Bessemer (9 km west), the twin cities Ironwood in Michigan and Hurley in Wisconsin (about 20 km in the same direction) and Marenisco (22 km southeast).
The closest major cities are Sault Ste. Marie in the Canadian province of Ontario (479 km east, across from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ), Green Bay on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin (342 km southeast), Wausau in Wisconsin (192 km south), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (377 km southwest) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (192 km west-northwest).
traffic
The US Highway 2 runs from west to east direction as the main road through Wakefield. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
With the Gogebic-Iron County Airport is located 20 km west-northwest of the nearest regional airport. The nearest major airports are Duluth International Airport (201 km west-northwest) and Central Wisconsin Airport near Wausau (211 km south). The nearest major international airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (394 km southwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Wakefield had 1,851 people in 818 households. The population density was 89.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.11 people lived in each of the 818 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.1 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.
17.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 34,856 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,805. 17.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Walter Samuel Goodland (1862–1947) - 31st Governor of Wisconsin (1943–1947) - began his career as a lawyer in Wakefield
- Frank Eugene Hook (1893-1982) - Democratic MP in the US House of Representatives (1935-1947) - practiced as a lawyer in Wakefield
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Wakefield - City Council ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2014 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 May 21, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 21, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 21, 2014
- ↑ AirNav.com - Gogebic-Iron County Airport Accessed on May 21, 2014
