Grantsburg (Wisconsin)

Burnett County

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Grantsburg is a village ( with a status of "Village" ) in Burnett County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Grantsburg had 1341 inhabitants.

Geography

Grantsburg is located in northwestern Wisconsin, on both sides of the Wood River, which flows about 10 km to the west in the St. Croix River. This is up to its confluence with the Mississippi border with Minnesota. The geographical coordinates of 45 ° 46'35 Grantsburg are " north latitude and 92 ° 40'58 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 7.77 km ².

Neighbouring places of Grantsburg are Siren (24,7 km to the east), Trade Lake ( 15.8 km southeast), Cushing (23,1 km to the south), Rock Creek in Minnesota (23,4 km west ) and Pine City, Minnesota ( 28.3 km west-northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (147 km north-northeast ), Eau Claire (193 km southeast) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota (126 km south-southwest ).

Traffic

In Grantsburg Wisconsin State Highways take 48, 70 and 87 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

At the northeastern city limits with the Grantsburg Municipal Airport, a small airfield. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (133 km south-southwest ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Grantsburg 1341 people in 567 households. The population density was 172.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 567 households lived statistically 2.28 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 94.6 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 1.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.1 percent (one person) Polynesians and 0.4 percent from other races groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.0 percent were 65 years or older. 55.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 29,315. The per capita income was $ 18,545. 32.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

• Adolphus Peter Nelson (1872-1927) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives - lived for years in Grantsburg and is buried here