Wisconsin Dells
| Wisconsin Dells | |||
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 Center of Wisconsin Dells |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1857 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| Counties : |
Columbia County Sauk County Adams County Juneau County |
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| Coordinates : | 43 ° 38 ′ N , 89 ° 46 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,678 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 140.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 20.02 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 19.06 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 277 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53965 | ||
| Area code : | +1 608 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-88150 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1576900 | ||
| Website : | www.citywd.org | ||
| Mayor : | Brian L. Landers | ||
 Trojan horse at Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park amusement park in Wisconsin Dells |
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Wisconsin Dells is a small town (with a status of " City ") in Columbia , Sauk , Adams and Juneau Counties in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 , Wisconsin Dells had 2,678 residents.
geography
Wisconsin Dells is located in central southern Wisconsin on both sides of the Wisconsin River , a left tributary of the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Wisconsin Dells are 43 ° 37'39 "north latitude and 89 ° 46'15" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 20.02 km², which is spread over 19.06 km² of land and 0.96 km² of water.
Neighboring towns to Wisconsin Dells are Easton ( 17 miles north), Oxford (19 miles northeast), Briggsville (10 miles east), Portage ( 17 miles southeast), Lake Delton (on the southern city limits) , Baraboo (20.8 km south), Reedsburg (25.7 km southwest) and Lyndon Station (15 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (209 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (196 km east-southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (84.6 km south-southeast), Chicago in Illinois (308 km in the same direction), Rockford in Illinois (193 km south), Rochester , Minnesota (254 km west), Eau Claire (303 km northwest) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota (350 km west-northwest).
traffic
Interstate Highways 90 and 94 run along the western outskirts of the city on a shared route section . US Highway 12 and State Trunk Highways 13 , 16 and 23 meet in the urban area . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
In the northwest-southeast direction runs a railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway through Wisconsin Dells. The route is also used by the Empire Builder , an Amtrak long-distance passenger train that runs from Seattle and Portland to Chicago and makes a stop in Wisconsin Dells.
With the Portage Municipal Airport is a small airfield 26.1 km southeast. The closest major is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (84.1 km southeast).
population
According to the 2010 census, the Wisconsin Dells had 2,678 people in 1,148 households. The population density was 140.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 1148 households.
The racial the population was composed of 91.5 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 1.8 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 3.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.4 percent of the population.
20.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 42,898 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,990. 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Brant Bailey (born 1977) - basketball player - born in Wisconsin Dells
- Michael Griffin (1842-1899) - from 1894 to 1899 Republican member of the US House of Representatives - lived and worked for several years in Wisconsin Dells
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 5, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Retrieved on August 5, 2013
- ↑ Amtrak - Empire Builder. Retrieved August 5, 2013
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Michael Griffin.Retrieved August 5, 2013
