Washburn, Wisconsin

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Washburn
Bayfield Street in downtown Washburn. In the background is the "Old Washburn State Bank Building", a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]
Bayfield Street in downtown Washburn. In the background is the "Old Washburn State Bank Building", a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Location in Wisconsin
Washburn, Wisconsin
Washburn
Washburn
Basic data
Foundation : 1879
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Bayfield County
Coordinates : 46 ° 40 ′  N , 90 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′  N , 90 ° 54 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,117 (as of 2010)
Population density : 207.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 16.0 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of
which 10.2 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 211 m
Postcodes : 54891
Area code : +1 715 and 534
FIPS : 55-83525
GNIS ID : 1584349
Website : www.cityofwashburn.org
Mayor : Scott Griffiths
Bayfield County WI Courthouse.JPG
The 1894 from sandstone in the Neoclassical style built Bayfield County Courthouse in Washburn, since 1975 in the NRHP listed

Washburn is a small town (with the status " City ") in Bayfield County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Washburn had 2,117 inhabitants, making it the largest city in Bayfield County.

geography

Washburn is located at latitude 46 ° 40 'north and longitude 90 ° 54' west and extends over 16.0 km 2 (of which 10.2 km 2 is land area) at an altitude of 211 meters above sea level. The city is located on Lake Superior in Chequamegon Bay .

Wisconsin Highway 13 runs through the city .

The city was connected to the rail network of the Chicago and North Western Railway , the train service was set before 1980.

The nearest larger cities are Duluth (approx. 110 km west), Wausau (approx. 260 km southeast), the Canadian Thunder Bay (approx. 240 km north as the crow flies on the other bank of Lake Superior) and the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) in Minnesota (about 310 km southwest). Washburn is about 460 km north of Madison , the capital of the state. The closest metropolis is Chicago , approx. 680 km southeast.

The Gogebic-Iron County Airport is situated 75 kilometers east of the city at Ironwood .

The Chequamegon National Forest is near Washburn.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Washburn had 2,117 people in 934 households. The population density was 207.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.15 people lived in each of the 934 households.

The racial the population was composed of 88.4 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 5.9 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 4.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 47,824  USD . The per capita income was $ 27,312. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

history

The city was founded in 1879 and named after Cadwallader C. Washburn , who was Governor of Wisconsin from 1872 to 1874.

People who are associated with the city

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ National Directory of Historic Places, entries for Wisconsin, Bayfield County, entry # 80000105
  2. ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
  3. ↑ a b Administration of number allocation, numbering scheme in Wisconsin
  4. ↑ City website, mayor's introduction ( memento of April 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 75000060.Retrieved August 12, 2013
  6. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 12, 2013
  7. ^ Map of the railway lines from 1891
  8. ^ Website of the city, city history ( Memento of November 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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