Dodgeville (Wisconsin)

Iowa County

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Dodgeville is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Iowa County in the southwest of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Dodgeville had 4693 inhabitants and was the largest city of the Iowa County.

Dodgeville is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Madison.

Geography

Dodgeville is located at 42 ° 57 'north latitude and 90 ° 7' west longitude and extending over 9.3 km ² at an altitude of 354 meters above the sea level.

In the urban area, the U.S. Highways 18 and 151 meet each other and form a common Freeway toward Madison. The Wisconsin Highways 23 and 191 run through the city. The Dane County Regional Airport is situated 75 kilometers east of the city. The town was connected to the railway network in the Chicago and North Western Railway, the tracks were dismantled, however, and the now paved trail is part of the Military Ridge State Trail.

Dodgeville is located about 80 km west of Madison, the capital of the state. Other nearby towns are Dubuque (about 75 km southwest), Milwaukee (200 km east) and Chicago (about 260 km south-east ).

The Governor Dodge State Park is located near Darlington.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Dodgeville 4693 people in 1965 households. The population density was 565.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1965 households lived statistically 2.35 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

26.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. 52.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 52,534. The per capita income was $ 23,654. 5.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Twinning

It is twinned with Oakham in Great Britain.

Persons that are associated with the city

• Henry Dodge, the first governor of the Wisconsin Territory and founder of the city of Dodgeville,
• Archie Hahn, Athlete and four -time Olympic champion at the Olympic Summer Games in 1904 and 1906.