Columbus (Wisconsin)
Columbia County Dodge County
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Columbus is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Columbia and to a lesser extent in Dodge County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Columbus had 4991 inhabitants.
Columbus is part of the metropolitan area of Madison.
Geography
Columbus is located in south-central Wisconsin on both sides of the Crawfish River, a tributary of the opening into the Mississippi Rock River. The geographical coordinates are 43 ° 20'17 Columbus ' north latitude and 89 ° 00'55 "west longitude. The city covers an area of 11.01 km ².
Neighboring cities of Columbus, Beaver Dam (21 km northeast), Lowell ( 17.9 ka east ), Reeseville (17,3 km östsüdöstlich ), Waterloo (19,6 km to the south), Marshall ( 23.9 km SSW ) and case River ( 6.6 km north-northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (173 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (119 km east-southeast ), Chicago, Illinois (242 km south-southeast ), Rockford, Illinois (146 km south), Wisconsin's capital Madison ( 44.6 km southwest), Rochester, Minnesota (340 km west-northwest ) and Eau Claire (289 km north-west )
Traffic
Along the north-western outskirts of the city runs the U.S. Highway 151 in the urban area of the Wisconsin State Highways 16, 60 hit, 73 and 89 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
In northwest-southeast direction, a railroad line of the Canadian Pacific Railway runs through Columbus.
The nearest major airport is Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (40,7 km southwest).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Columbus 4991 people in 2123 households. The population density was 453.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 2123 households lived statistically 2.33 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.8 percent were between 18 and 64, and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.
Memorable people
- James T. Lewis (1819-1904) - the ninth Governor of Wisconsin (1864-1866) - lived for years in Columbus
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton (1829-1920) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1871-1875) - lived for years in Columbus