Forestville (Wisconsin)
Door County
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Forestville is a town ( with a status of "Village" ) in Door County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Forestville had 430 inhabitants.
Geography
Forestville is located in eastern Wisconsin on the Door Peninsula, which separates Green Bay from the actual Lake Michigan. The town is located on the northeastern shore of the Ahnapee River, which flows about 10 km south-east into Lake Michigan.
The geographical coordinates of 44 ° 41'24 Forestville are " north latitude and 87 ° 28'45 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 1.35 km ². The community of Forestville is completely surrounded by the Town of Forestville, without belonging to it.
Towns nearby Forestville are Maplewood (6.4 km north), Sturgeon Bay ( 21.1 km NNE ), Carnot ( 6.5 km east-northeast ), Algoma ( 10.2 km SSE ) and Kolberg (8.6 km north-west ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay ( 56.2 km southwest ), Milwaukee (213 km south), Chicago, Illinois ( 359 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (280 km south-southwest ) and Eau Claire (375 miles west).
Traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 42 runs north -south direction as the main road through Forestville. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and urban roads.
Along the Ahnapee River runs with the Ahnapee State Trail, a rail trail for walkers and cyclists. In the winter the trail can be traveled with snowmobiles and skis.
The Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay is 72.9 kilometers southwest lying next Regional Airport; the nearest major airports are the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (223 km south), the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago ( 338 km in the same direction) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (517 km west).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Forestville 430 people in 183 households. The population density was 318.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 183 households lived statistically 2.35 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white and 0.7 percent of Native Americans; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
20.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 17,351. The per capita income was $ 13,825. 51.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.