Green Lake (Wisconsin)

Green Lake County

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Green Lake is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Green Lake County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Green Lake had 960 inhabitants.

Geography

Green Lake is located in southeastern Wisconsin's center on the north shore of the eponymous Green Lake, approximately 40 km west of Lake Winnebago, and around 100 km west of Lake Michigan.

The geographic coordinates of Green Lake are 43 ° 50'39 " north latitude and 88 ° 57'36 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 5.34 km ² and is completely surrounded by land of the Town of Brooklyn, without belonging to it.

Neighboring towns of Green Lake are Berlin (11 km north-northeast ), Ripon (11,6 km to the east ), Fairwater (18,1 km southeast), Markesan ( 22.1 km SSW ), Sherwood Forest ( on the southwestern outskirts ) and Princeton (14, 6 miles west).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (123 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (145 km southeast), Chicago, Illinois (294 km south-southeast ), Rockford, Illinois (203 km south) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (112 km south-southwest ).

Traffic

North of the urban area of ​​Green Lake meet the Wisconsin State Highways 23 and 49 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

The nearest airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (109 km south-southwest ) and the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (154 km southeast).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Green Lake 960 people in 491 households. The population density was 179.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 491 households lived statistically 1.88 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.8 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.1 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

14.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 24.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.2 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 40,972. The per capita income was $ 32,949. 5.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

• Shannon Whirry (born 1964 ) - actress - born in Green Lake