Webster (Wisconsin)

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Webster
Webster (Wisconsin)
Webster
Webster
Location in Wisconsin
Basic data
Foundation : 1916
State : United States
State : Wisconsin
County : Burnett County
Coordinates : 45 ° 53 ′  N , 92 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 53 ′  N , 92 ° 22 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 653 (as of 2010)
Population density : 143.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.56 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 299 m
Postal code : 54893
Area code : +1 715,534
FIPS : 55-85025
GNIS ID : 1576381
Website : www.websterwisconsin.com
Mayor : Jeff Roberts (President)

Webster is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Burnett County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Webster had 653 residents.

geography

Webster is located in a landscape rich in lakes in northwestern Wisconsin, around 30 km east of the Minnesota border . The geographical coordinates of Webster are 45 ° 52'45 "north latitude and 92 ° 21'55" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​4.56 km².

The neighboring towns of Webster are Oakland (7.3 km north) and Siren (10.8 km south).

The Burnett County Government Center in the neighboring Town of Meenon is 6.2 km south of Webster.

The closest major cities are Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (114 km north), Eau Claire (176 km southeast) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota (160 km southwest).

traffic

The Wisconsin State Highways 35 runs in a north-south direction as the main road through Webster. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The Gandy Dancer State Trail, a combined hiking and cycling path known as the Rail Trail , runs through Webster on the route of a disused railway line. The name of the path goes back to the slang word Gandy Dancer , which was used to describe a railroad worker.

With the Burnett County Airport is located 6.2 km south, opposite the Countyverwaltungsgebäude, a small airfield. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (168 km southwest).

population

According to the 2010 census , Webster had 653 people in 308 households. The population density was 143.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.12 people lived in each of the 308 households.

The racial the population was composed of 90.4 percent white, 1.8 percent African American, 3.8 percent Native American, 0.2 percent (one person) Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.6 percent were 65 years or older. 56.4 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 35,813  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,033. 20.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 3, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed September 4, 2013
  3. Trails from Rails - Gandy Dancer State Trail ( Memento from August 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved September 4, 2013

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