Williams Bay
| Williams Bay | |||
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 Williams Bay on Geneva Lake |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Walworth County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 35 ′ N , 88 ° 32 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,564 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 353.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.25 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 269 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53191 | ||
| Area code : | +1 262 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-87200 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1576761 | ||
| Website : | www.williamsbay.org | ||
| Mayor : | John P. Marra (President) | ||
 Yerkes Observatory |
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Williams Bay is a city (with the status " City ") in Walworth County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 Williams Bay had 2564 residents.
Williams Bay is best known for the Yerkes Observatory .
geography
Williams Bay is located in southeast Wisconsin on the north shore of Geneva Lake . The geographical coordinates of Williams Bay are 42 ° 34'41 "north latitude and 88 ° 32'27" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 7.25 km².
Neighboring towns of Williams Bay are Elkhorn (10.9 km north), Como (10.2 km northeast), Lake Geneva (9.4 km east), Fontana (5.2 km southwest), Delavan Lake (9 km west) and Delavan (12.5 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (84.8 km northeast), Chicago , Illinois (131 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (75.1 km southwest), and Wisconsin's capital city, Madison (111 km northwest).
traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 67 runs in a west-east direction as the main road through Williams Bay. The northeast parish boundary is formed by the Wisconsin State Highway 50, which passes the parish . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (114 km northwest), Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (78.9 km northeast), Chicago O'Hare International Airport (105 km southeast) and Chicago Rockford International Airport (78.1 km southwest).
population
According to the 2010 census , Williams Bay had 2,564 people in 1,061 households. The population density was 353.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1061 households there were statistically 2.35 people each.
The racial the population was composed of 94.3 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 3.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 6.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 63,320 USD . The per capita income was $ 35,214. 8.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Edward Barnard (1857–1923) - astronomer - worked at the Yerkes Observatory
- John Adelbert Parkhurst (1861–1925) - astronomer - worked for a long time at the Yerkes Observatory
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 27, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 27, 2014