Edgerton (Wisconsin)
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Edgerton is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in the rock and to a lesser extent in Dane County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Edgerton had 5461 inhabitants.
Geography
Edgerton is located in south central Wisconsin at the Rock River, a left tributary of the Mississippi. A few kilometers east of the city is located to the Lake Koshkonong a 42- km ² large natural reservoir of the Rock River. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois is located 161 km to the west.
The geographical coordinates are 42 ° 50'07 Edgerton " north latitude and 89 ° 04'03 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 10.72 km ².
Neighboring towns of Edgerton are Albion ( on the northern city limits ) Fort Atkinson (26,2 km northeast), Milton (15 km southeast), Janesville (18,8 km to the south), Evansville (26 km west-southwest ), Dunkirk ( 16.2 km west-northwest ) and Stoughton (19,5 km to the northwest ).
The nearest big cities are the capital of Wisconsin Madison (47,5 km to the northwest ), Green Bay (244 km north- north-east ), Milwaukee (114 km east-northeast ), Chicago (188 km southeast) and Rockford ( 67.1 km to the south).
Traffic
Along the eastern boundary running in north-south direction on a section of track shared Interstate Highways 39 and 90 in the center of Edgerton cross the running as the main road from north to south U.S. Highway 51 and extending in the east-west direction Wisconsin State Highway 59 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
From northwest to southeast runs through Edgerton a railroad line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad ( WSOR ), a regional (Class II ) Freight transportation company.
The nearest airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 48.8 km to the northwest ) and the Chicago Rockford International Airport (76 km south).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Edgerton 5461 people in 2227 households. The population density was 509.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 2227 households lived statistically 2.43 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 94.9 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 48,943. The per capita income was $ 25,333. 6.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Harold D. Babcock (1882-1968) - Astronomer - born in Edgerton
- Sterling North (1906-1974) - writer - born and raised in Edgerton
- Steve Stricker (born 1967 ) - professional golfer - who was born and raised in Edgerton
- George Washington Blanchard (1884-1964) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1933-1935) - practiced law in Edgerton and died here