Kewaunee, Wisconsin
Kewaunee County
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Kewaunee is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Kewaunee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Kewaunee had 2952 inhabitants.
Kewaunee is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Green Bay.
Geography
Kewaunee is located at 44 ° 28 'north latitude and 87 ° 31' west longitude, covers 10.9 km ² (9.0 km ² of it land area) at an altitude of 204 meters above the sea level. The city is located on Lake Michigan.
The Wisconsin Highway 29 leads coming into the city center from the west, leading to the Wisconsin Highway 42 through the city in a north-south direction.
The town was connected to the railway network of " Kewaunee, Green Bay and Western Railroad ". The line was closed and used as Ahnapee State Trail.
The Austin Straubel International Airport is 55 kilometers west of the city.
The nearest major cities are Green Bay ( about 45 km west ), Appleton (about 85 km southwest) and Sheboygan (about 90 km south). Madison, the capital of the state is about 250 km south-west and Chicago, the nearest big city, about 310 km south.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Kewaunee 2952 people in 1278 households. The population density was 328 people per square kilometer. In the 1278 households lived statistically 2.24 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
19.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 51,685. The per capita income was $ 26,914. 14.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Thomas F. Konop (1879-1964) - Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1911-1917) - has worked for several years as a lawyer in Kewaunee
- Alvin O'Konski (1904-1987) - longtime Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1943-1973) - Born and raised in Kewaunee