Hazel Green (Wisconsin)
Grant County Lafayette County
55-33500
Hazel Green is a municipality ( with a status of "Village" ) in the Grant and to a lesser extent in Lafayette County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Hazel Green had 1256 inhabitants.
Geography
Hazel Green is located in southwest Wisconsin, 6 km west of the Galena River and about 20 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa. The border with Illinois is located 2 km south of the city. The geographical coordinates of 42 ° 31'58 Hazel Green are " north latitude and 90 ° 26'04 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 3.37 km ² and is surrounded by the Town of Hazel Green in Grant County and the Town of Benton in Lafayette County.
Neighboring towns are Cuba City (8.4 km north), Benton (8.1 km north-east ), New Diggings (9.6 km east), Scales Mound, Illinois ( 22.9 km east-southeast ), Galena, Illinois ( 15.9 km south), Menominee in Illinois ( 13.1 km west-southwest ), Dubuque, Iowa (21,9 km west ), Kiel ( 18.3 km west-northwest ) and Dickeyville (19,7 km to the northwest ).
The nearest large towns are La Crosse (193 km north-northwest ), Wisconsin's capital, Madison (134 km northeast), Rockford, Illinois (135 km east-southeast ), the Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois (136 km south) and Cedar Rapids, Iowa ( 138 km west-southwest ).
Traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 80 leads as the main road through Hazel Green, where the Wisconsin State Highway 11 turns to the west. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
With the Platteville Municipal Airport is located 18.2 km north a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Dubuque Regional Airport (34,7 km southwest) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (152 km east-northeast ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Hazel Green 1256 people in 531 households. The population density was 372.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 531 households lived statistically 2.37 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 50,382. The per capita income was $ 21,919. 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- William A. Richards (1849-1912) - the fourth governor of Wyoming (1895-1899) - was born and raised in Hazel Green
- John W. Cox ( b. 1947 ) - Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives ( 1991-1993) - was born and raised in Hazel Green