Darlington (Wisconsin)
Lafayette County
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Darlington is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Lafayette County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Darlington had 2451 inhabitants. Because of the Pecatonica River flows through the city and the residents used river mussels for the production of pearl buttons, they became known as the "Pearl of the Pecatonica ."
Geography
Darlington is located at 42 ° 41 'north latitude and 90 ° 7' west longitude, covers 3.4 km ² at an altitude of 259 meters above the sea level. The city lies on the Pecatonica River, a tributary of the opening into the Mississippi Rock River.
By Darlington Wisconsin Highways 23 and lead 81 U.S. Highway 151 leads twelve kilometers to the northwest past the city.
The Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque, Iowa is located 60 kilometers southwest of the city.
The town was connected to the network of the " Mineral Point Railroad ," the rails, however, were dismantled and the now paved trail is part of the Cheese County Trail.
The nearest large towns are Dubuque ( about 60 km southwest ), Madison, the capital of the state (about 80 km north-east ), Rockford ( about 105 km south) and Chicago ( about 240 km south-east ).
The Yellowstone Lake State Park is located near Darlington.
History
The first settlement within the city limits was White in 1836 a block house of Jamison Hamilton. In 1852 the first post office was built in Darlington. In the fall of 1856, " Mineral Point Railroad " reached the city. 1857 the administrative seat of the County of Shullsburg was moved to Darlington. Darlington's historic center around the Main Street is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Darlington 2451 people in 994 households. The population density was 720.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 994 households lived statistically 2.37 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 89.5 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 8.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 12.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 45,772. The per capita income was $ 22,753. 10.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Persons that are associated with the city
- Henry S. Magoon (1832-1889), politician, MP for Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives
- James G. Monahan (1855-1923), politician, MP for Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives
- John Morrow (1865-1935), politician, Member of Parliament for New Mexico in the U.S. House of Representatives