Black River Falls, Wisconsin
Jackson County
55-07900
Black River Falls is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Jackson County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Black River Falls had 3622 inhabitants.
The root of the Wisconsin Ho-Chunk has its headquarters in Black River Falls. The environs of Black River Falls is home to a large settlement of endangered Karner Blue butterfly.
Geography
Black River Falls is located in western Wisconsin to the waterfalls (English: any) of the Black River, a left tributary of the Mississippi.
The geographic coordinates of Black River Falls are 44 ° 18 ' north latitude and 90 ° 51 ' west longitude. The city covers an area of 8.4 km ².
Much of the area surrounding the city is part of the Black River State Forest.
Neighboring villages of Black River Falls are Merrillan (18,6 km to the north), Vaudreuil (4 km east-northeast ), Sheppard (7.3 km to the southeast ), Millston (20,6 km in the same direction), Irving (13,3 km south-southwest ), Taylor (24,1 km west ), Hixton (17,4 km northwest ) and Alma Center ( 18.8 km NNW ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (275 km east), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 316 km east-southeast ), Wisconsin's capital Madison (207 km south-east ), La Crosse, on the Mississippi ( 74.8 km southwest ), Rochester, Minnesota ( 158 km west ), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (about 212 km west-northwest ) and Eau Claire (82 km north-west ).
Traffic
By Black River Falls cause Interstate 94, U.S. Highway 12 and Wisconsin Highway 27 and 54
The city is connected for freight traffic to the rail network of the Union Pacific Railroad.
With the Black River Falls Area Airport is located 5 km south of the city, a small airfield. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (201 km southeast) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (232 km west-northwest ).
History
Black River Falls was founded in 1839 by Jacob Spaulding, with the aim to make the water power of the Black River available. Because the surrounding area was densely forested, the water was used primarily for the operation of sawmills.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Black River Falls 3622 people in 1613 households. The population density was 441.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1613 households lived statistically 2.13 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 91.5 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 5.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 36,615. The per capita income was $ 24,564. 18.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Lester Johnson (1901-1975) - Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953-1965) - worked for years as a lawyer in Black River Falls
- Merlin Hull (1870-1953) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1929-1931) - worked for years as a lawyer in Black River Falls
- Warren P. Knowles (1908-1993) - 37th Governor of Wisconsin ( 1965-1971 ) - lived long in Black River Falls and is buried here
- Hugh H. Price (1859-1904) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1887 ) - born and raised in Black River Falls
- William T. Price (1824-1886) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1883-1886) - lived long in Black River Falls and is buried here