Juneau (Wisconsin)
Dodge County
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Juneau is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Dodge County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Juneau had 2814 inhabitants.
Geography
Juneau is located in the central southeastern Wisconsin, about 4 km west of the Rock River, a left tributary of the Mississippi. The geographical coordinates are 43 ° 24'23 Juneau " north latitude and 88 ° 42'12 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.1 km ².
Neighboring towns of Juneau are Burnett (11,5 km to the north ), Horicon (9,9 km north-east ), Iron Ridge ( 16.4 km to the east), Hustisford (13,6 km southeast), Clyman (12,6 km to the south ), Lowell (13.3 km southwest) and Beaver Dam ( 14.3 km to the northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (156 km north-northeast ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 97.2 km southeast), Chicago, Illinois (228 km south-southeast ), Rockford, Illinois (150 km south-southwest ) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (74, 3 km south-west ).
Traffic
From the west to the north of Wisconsin Highway 26 runs through the town. The Wisconsin Highway 115 begins in the city center and leaves Juneau in an easterly direction.
The town was connected to the railway network in the Chicago and North Western Railway, the tracks were dismantled, however, and the gravel trail is part of the Wild Goose State Trail.
Is at the northern city limits with the Dodge County Airport, a small airfield. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 70.4 km southwest ) and the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (107 kilometers south-east ).
History
The city of Juneau is named after its founder, Paul Juneau. His father, Solomon Juneau, is a founder of Milwaukee.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Juneau in 2814 people in 852 households. The population density was 703.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 852 households lived statistically 2.46 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 93.2 percent white, 3.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 10.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
19.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.2 percent were 65 years or older. 43.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 43,313. The per capita income was $ 20,542. 14.3 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) - practiced for several years as an attorney in Juneau
- Charles Billinghurst (1818-1865) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1855-1859) - lived long in Juneau and is buried here