Horicon (Wisconsin)
Dodge County
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Horicon is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Dodge County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Horicon had 3655 inhabitants.
Geography
Horicon is located in the central southeastern Wisconsin at the headwaters of the Rock River, a left tributary of the Mississippi. Behind the northern outskirts of the Horicon Marsh begins, a wetland and wildlife area in which flow together, the two sources of the Rock River.
The geographical coordinates of 43 ° 27'05 Horicon are " north latitude and 88 ° 37'52 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 8.86 km ².
Neighboring towns of Horicon are Mayville (9.2 km north-east ), Iron Ridge ( 12.9 km southeast), Hustisford ( 14.3 km SSE ), Juneau (9,9 km southwest), Beaver Dam ( 17.6 km to the west ) and Burnett (11,2 km to the northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (151 km north-northeast ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 82.1 km southeast), Chicago, Illinois (231 km south-southeast ), Rockford, Illinois (160 km south-southwest ) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (83, 2 miles south-west ).
Traffic
In the center of Horicon Wisconsin State Highways take 28, 33 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In Horicon take two routes of Wisconsin and Southern Railroad to each other ( WSOR ), a regional (Class II ) Freight transportation company.
In about two kilometers west of the city territory extends to the Wild Goose State Trail, a rail trail for walkers and cyclists. In the winter the trail can be traveled with snowmobiles and skis.
With the Dodge County Airport is located 8.8 km west-southwest of a small airfield. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 79.3 km southwest ) and the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (92 kilometers south-east ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Horicon 3655 people in 1497 households. The population density was 412.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1497 households lived statistically 2.42 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 1.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 56,202. The per capita income was $ 23,780. 5.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Hiram Barber (1835-1924) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1879-1881) - grew up in Horicon
- Charles Hawks (1899-1960) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1939-1941) - born, raised and buried in Horicon
- Marian Radke - Yarrow (1918-2007) - psychologist - was born and raised in Horicon