Clinton (village), Rock County, Wisconsin
Rock County
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Clinton is a town ( with a status of "Village" ) in Rock County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Clinton had 2154 inhabitants.
Geography
Clinton is located in southern Wisconsin, about 5 km north of the border with Illinois. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located 163 km to the west.
The geographical coordinates are 42 ° 33'28 Clinton " north latitude and 88 ° 51'54 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 3.63 km ².
Neighboring towns of Clinton are Avalon (9 km north), Fairfield (14,9 km northeast), Darien (14 % & nbsp; miles east-northeast ), Sharon (17,4 km southeast), Poplar Grove in Illinois ( 24.5 km to the south), Beloit (15,2 km southwest) and Janesville (25,2 km northwest ).
The nearest big cities are the capital of Wisconsin Madison ( 86.8 km north west ), Milwaukee (107 km northeast), Chicago (148 km southeast) and Rockford ( 46.8 km SSW ).
Traffic
About one kilometer north of the city limits of Clinton runs in east-west direction of Interstate 43, which connects Milwaukee to Rockford. The Wisconsin State Highway 140 runs north -south direction as the main road through the center of Clinton. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In Clinton meet two rail lines of the Union Pacific Rail Road.
The Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville is located 19.8 km west-northwest of a small airport. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 96.2 km NNW ) and the Chicago Rockford International Airport ( 53.5 km SSW ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Clinton 2154 people in 801 households. The population density was 593.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 801 households lived statistically 2.58 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 92.9 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 4.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 8.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 48,871. The per capita income was $ 22,409. 9.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Louis P. Harvey (1820-1862) - the seventh Governor of Wisconsin ( 1862) - lived for several years in Clinton