Cumberland (Wisconsin)
Barron County
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Cumberland is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Cumberland had 2170 inhabitants.
Geography
Cumberland is located in northwestern Wisconsin on the southeastern shore of Beaver Dam Lake. The geographical coordinates are 45 ° 31'56 Cumberland " north latitude and 92 ° 01'10 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 10.46 km ², spread over 8.94 km ² land and 1.52 km ² water surface.
Towns nearby Cumberland are Rice Lake ( 23.3 km to the east), Barron (26,6 km southeast), Almena (13,8 km to the south) and Turtle Lake (20,1 km southwest).
The nearest major cities are Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (156 km north), Green Bay on Lake Michigan ( 395 km east-southeast ), Eau Claire (114 km southeast), Rochester, Minnesota (213 km south-southwest ) and Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis (142 km southwest).
The border with Canada is located 416 km north.
Traffic
U.S. Highway 53 runs north -south direction as the main road through Cumberland and crosses here the State Trunk Highway 48 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
With the Cumberland Municipal Airport is located 5.4 km south-east a small airfield. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (149 km southwest).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Cumberland in 2170 people in 994 households. The population density was 242.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 994 households lived statistically 2.14 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 95.9 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 1.4 percent Native American and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 24.9 percent were 65 years or older. 53.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 38,929. The per capita income was $ 20,338. 19.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Sidney Boyden (1900-1993) - entrepreneur - who was born in Cumberland
- John Peterson ( b. 1948 ) - Ringer (brother of Benjamin Peterson ) - born in Cumberland
- Benjamin Peterson ( b. 1950 ) - Ringer (brother of John Peterson ) - born in Comberland
- Don Clark (1915-1999) - Hockey functionary - died in Cumberland