Clintonville (Wisconsin)

Waupaca County

55-15725

Clintonville is a city in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. At the 2000 census it had 4736 inhabitants.

Geography

According to United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.1 km ², of which 0.2 km ² ( 1.8 %) fall on water surfaces. In the western part of the city lies the Pigeon Lake, the lake flowing through Pigeon River meanders in an east-west direction through the urban area. Clintonville is Surrounded mainly by fields.

Traffic

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 4736 people Clintonville. The population density was 432.3 people per km ². There were 2147 housing units at an average 196.0 per km ². The population consisted of Clinton Villes 97.00 % White, 0.23 % African American, 0.53 % Native American, 0.25 % Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.99 % reported other races to belong and 0.99 % from two or more races. 2.15 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Clinton Villes distributed to 2010 households out of which 28.6 % were living in children under 18 years. 47.4 % married couples living together, 9.8 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.9 % were non-families. 34.2% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 18.8 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size is 2.93.

The population was spread out with 24.5 % under the, 8.1 % 18 -24- year-old, 26.4 % 25 -44- year-old, 19.0% 45-64 year olds and 22.0 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 87.4 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 83.2 men.

The median household income in Clintonville was 33 947 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the height of 40,602 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 32.260 U.S. dollars, compared to 22,192 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 16 353 U.S. dollars. 7.4 % of the population and 9.5 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 11.5 % of minors and 13.3 % of those age 65 or over.

Economy and infrastructure

Auto industry

The " Four Wheel Drive Auto Company ," known as the " Four Wheel Drive " or just " FWD " was founded in 1909 in Clintonville as " Badger Four -Wheel Drive Auto Company " by Otto Zachow and William Besser you. Zachow and better you in 1908 developed the first four-wheel driven car, called the " battleship ". Its success led to its founding. " Badger " was finally removed from the company name in 1910. Since 1958, the firm bears the name " FWD Corporation ".

Airlines

Clinton Villes airport is historically the birth place of the Wisconsin Central Airlines, founded in 1944, which developed initially for North Central Airlines and later for Republic Airlines. In 1986, Republic was purchased by Northwest Orient Airlines and became known as Northwest Airlines. In 2008, this merged with Delta Air Lines.

Media

The Clintonville Chronicle was founded in 2009.

Well-known residents

  • Dick Bennett, basketball coach
  • Jean Hundertmark, 2006 Republican candidate as Governor
  • Daniel V. Speckhard, diplomat
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