Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Fond du Lac County

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Fond du Lac is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Fond du Lac County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Fond du Lac had 43 021 inhabitants.

Fond du Lac is the core city of the metropolitan region of Fond du Lac, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Fond du Lac is located in the central southeastern Wisconsin. A native of the French name means as much as " feet of the Lake " and is because the city is located at the south end of Lake Winnebago (the largest entirely within the State Wisconsion exploiting dividend lake).

The geographic coordinates of Fond du Lac are 43 ° 46'30 " north latitude and 88 ° 26'42 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 47.1 km ² which 43.7 km ² land and 3.4 km ² water surface spread.

Neighboring towns of Fond du Lac are Taycheedah (at the north-eastern city limits ), Pipe (21,6 km northeast), Mount Calvary (22 km east-northeast ), Eden (12,6 km to the southeast ), Lomira (20,7 km to the south), Oakfield (18,5 km southwest), Rosendale (24,1 km WNW ) and North Fond du Lac ( on the north- western city limit).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (101 km north- north-east ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (101 km south-southeast ), Chicago, Illinois (250 km in the same direction), Rockford, Illinois (204 km south-southwest ) and Wisconsin's capital Madison ( 119 km south-west ).

Traffic

The four-lane U.S. highways 41 and 151 form the south-western, southern and south-eastern ring road of the city. The U.S. Highway 45 leads in a north-south direction through the center of Fond du Lac. In addition, take in the urban area, the Wisconsin State Highways 23 and 175 together at its northern terminus. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In the city of Fond du Lac several railway lines today for Canadian National Railway belonging Wisconsin Central meet together.

In Fond du Lac is the northern one-point of the Wild Goose State Trail, a rail trail for walkers and cyclists. In the winter the trail can be traveled with snowmobiles and skis.

The Fond du Lac County Airport is located on the western outskirts of a small airfield. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (115 km southwest) and the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee ( 111 km south-southeast ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Fond du Lac 43 021 people in 17,942 households. The population density was 984.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 17,942 households lived statistically 2.28 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 90.6 percent white, 2.5 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 1.8 percent Asian and 2.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 6.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 44,572. The per capita income was $ 24,255. 13.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

  • Brigid Bazlen, film actress and television presenter
  • F. Ryan Duffy, U.S. Senator for Wisconsin and federal judges
  • Jeanna Giese, the first man who survived a rabies infection with subsequent symptomatic disease onset without serious permanent consequential damages
  • King Camp Gillette, inventor of the razor blade
  • Paul O. Husting, U.S. Senator for Wisconsin
  • Scott McCallum, 43 Governor of Wisconsin
  • Christian Patterson, Photographer
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