Glidden (Wisconsin)
Ashland County
55-29675
Glidden is a settlement on community- free area in Ashland County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP). In 2010, Glidden had 507 inhabitants.
Geography
Glidden is located in northern Wisconsin, on either side of the Chippewa River, a left tributary of the Mississippi. The village is located about 50 km south of Lake Superior, the largest of the five Great Lakes. The geographical coordinates of 46 ° 08'06 Glidden " north latitude and 90 ° 34'43 " west longitude. The town is the center of the Town of Jacobs and covers an area of 5.57 km ².
A few miles north, northwest and west lies the Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest.
Towns nearby Glidden are Butternut ( 16.4 km SSE ), Shanagolden ( 6.1 km west-southwest ), Cayuga ( 16.4 km north west ), Morse (12,2 km north-northwest ) and Mellen ( 25.7 km in the same direction).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay ( 346 km southeast), Eau Claire (218 km south-southwest ), Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis (301 km southwest), Duluth Lake Superior in Minnesota (171 km north-west ) and Thunder Bay on Lake Superior in the Canadian province of Ontario (476 km north- north-east ).
The border with Canada is located approximately 400 km north.
Traffic
The State Trunk Highway 13 leads in a north-south direction as the main road through Glidden. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
By Glidden runs a railway line of the former Wisconsin Central, now part of the Canadian National Railway.
The Park Falls Municipal Airport is located 28.6 km south-southeast of a small airfield. The nearest airports are the Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau (215 km south-southeast ), and the Duluth International Airport (180 km north-west ) and the greater Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (309 km southwest).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Glidden 507 people in 242 households. The population density was 91 people per square kilometer. In the 242 households lived statistically 2.1 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent White, 1.2 percent Native American and 0.6 percent Asian; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races.
22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.5 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 23,750. The per capita income was $ 17,382. 30.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.