Hartford (Wisconsin)

Washington County Dodge County

55-33000

Hartford is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Washington, and to a lesser extent in Dodge County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Hartford had 14,223 inhabitants.

Hartford is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.

Geography

Hartford is located in southeastern Wisconsin, in the northwest suburban area of its largest city of Milwaukee. The geographical coordinates of 43 ° 19'04 Hartford are " north latitude and 88 ° 22'44 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​20.77 km ².

Neighboring towns of Hartford are Allenton ( 13.8 km NNE ), Slinger ( 8.6 km east-northeast ), Richfield ( 19.3 km southeast), Neosho (13.3 km to the west ) and Rubicon ( 8.3 km west-northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (156 km north-northeast ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 54.7 km southeast), Chicago, Illinois (202 km south-southeast ), Rockford, Illinois (165 km south-southwest ) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (99 7 km west-southwest ).

Traffic

A few kilometers east of the city runs the four-lane U.S. Highway 41, which is the shortest route from Milwaukee and Fond du Lac. In the center of Hartford Wisconsin cross State Routes 60 and 83 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In east-west direction through the city a railway in the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad ( WSOR ), a regional (Class II ) Freight transportation company.

The Hartford Municipal Airport is located in the north of the urban area, a small airfield. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 95.8 km west-southwest ) and the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee ( 64.4 km southeast).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Hartford 14,223 people in 5685 households. The population density was 684.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 5685 households lived statistically 2.47 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 94.7 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 1.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 57,316. The per capita income was $ 26,157. 6.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

  • Samuel S. Barney (1846-1919), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1895-1903), born and raised in Hartford
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