Chilton (Wisconsin)
Calumet County
55-14475
Chilton is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Calumet County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Chilton had 3933 inhabitants.
Geography
Chilton is located in eastern Wisconsin, on the southern arm of the Manitowoc River. The city is located about 10 km east of Lake Winnebago, 40 km west of Lake Michigan and 60 km south of the mouth of the Fox River in the Lake Michigan also belonging Green Bay. The geographical coordinates are 44 ° 01'51 Chilton " north latitude and 88 ° 09'31 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 10.1 km ².
Towns nearby are of Chilton Hilbert (12,4 km to the north ), Potter ( 15.5 km NNE ) St. Nazianz (21,7 km to the east), New Holstein (11,9 km to the southeast ), St. Cloud ( 24, 8 km south ), Brother Town (16,3 km southwest), Stockbridge (15 km west-northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay ( 58.8 km to the north), Milwaukee (124 km south), Chicago (269 km in the same direction), Wisconsin's capital Madison (163 km southwest), Eau Claire ( 331 km west-northwest ), the Twin Cities in Minnesota ( 478 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota ( 565 km north-west ).
Traffic
In the city of Chilton take U.S. Highway 151 and the Wisconsin State Highways 32 and 57 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and urban roads.
By Chilton is a railway line of the Canadian National Railway today belonging Wisconsin Central.
With the New Holstein Municipal Airport is located 12 km south-southeast of a small airfield. The next airports are the Outagamie County Regional Airport (53 km north-west ) and the Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay (61 km north). The next airports are the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (137 km south), the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago (249 km in the same direction) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 481 km west ).
History
Built in 1940 Chilton Post Office is a listed building today.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Chilton 3933 people in 1687 households. The population density was 389.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1687 households lived statistically 2.28 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 95.8 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.2 percent and 2.0 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 46,094. The per capita income was $ 25,802. 19.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Thomas Barnett ( b. 1962 ) - Researchers in the field of military strategy - was born in Chilton
- Thomas Lynch (1844-1898) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1891-1895) - lived for many years in Chilton