Adams, Wisconsin

Adams County

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Adams is a small town ( with a status of " City ") in the Town of Adams in Adams County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Adams had 1967 inhabitants.

Geography

Adams is located in central Wisconsin at 43 ° 57'22 " north latitude and 89 ° 49'05 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 7.67 km ².

Towns nearby Adams are Friendship ( on the northern city limits ), Grand Marsh (16,4 km southeast), Easton (14,2 km south) and Dellwood (13 miles west).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (197 km east-northeast ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (234 km southeast), Wisconsin's capital Madison (127 km south-southeast ), Chicago, Illinois ( 349 km in the same direction), Rockford, Illinois ( 228 km south ), Rochester, Minnesota (251 miles west), Eau Claire (191 km west-northwest ) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( 338 km in the same direction).

Traffic

The State Trunk Highway 13 runs north -south direction as the main road through Adams. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.

With the Adams County Legion Field Airport is located on the eastern outskirts of a small airfield .. The nearest regional airports are the Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau (121 km north ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (119 km south).

History

Adams was founded in 1912, when the Northwestern Railroad built a line from Chicago to the Twin Cities and built a station on the half way. By the railway, the population grew, so after a few years, the settlement was incorporated as the Village of Adams. 1926 Adams was elevated to "City".

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Adams 1967 people in 886 households. The population density was 256.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 886 households lived statistically 2.2 persons each.

The racial the population was composed of 94.8 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.5 percent were 65 years or older. 54.0 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 26,120. The per capita income was $ 17,379. 19.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.