Brandon (Wisconsin)
Fond du Lac County
55-09300
Brandon is a municipality ( with a status of "Village" ) in Fond du Lac County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Brandon had 879 inhabitants.
Brandon is part of the metropolitan area of Fond du Lac, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Brandon is located in the central southeastern Wisconsin, about 80 km west of Lake Michigan. The geographical coordinates are 43 ° 44'07 Brandon " north latitude and 88 ° 46'52 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 1.99 km ² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Metomen, but does not belong to this.
Neighboring towns of Brandon are Rosendale (16,5 km northeast), Lamartine (19,4 km to the east), Waupun ( 15.2 km SSE ), Fox Lake (26,2 km southwest), Fairwater (7,8 km to the west ) and Ripon (15,6 km north-northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (127 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (121 km southeast), Chicago, Illinois (270 km south-southeast ), Rockford, Illinois (191 km south-southwest ) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (103 km south-west ).
Traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 49 leads as the main road through Brandon. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In Brandon meet two railway lines of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad together ( WSOR ), a regional (Class II ) Freight transportation company.
The Fond du Lac County Airport is 29 km east a small airfield. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 98.9 km southwest ) and the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (131 km southeast).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Brandon 879 people in 336 households. The population density was 441.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 336 households lived statistically 2.58 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 94.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, and 3.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 5.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 51,750. The per capita income was $ 21,151. 6.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Laura Ramsey ( b. 1982 ) - Actress - born and raised in Brandon