Markesan, Wisconsin

Green Lake County

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Markesan is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Green Lake County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Markesan had 1476 inhabitants.

Geography

Markesan located in the southeastern Wisconsin's center, about 40 km west-southwest of Lake Winnebago, and around 100 km west of Lake Michigan. The geographical coordinates of 43 ° 42'26 Markesan are " north latitude and 88 ° 59'24 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 6.11 km ².

Neighboring towns of Markesan are Tuleta Hills (15,7 km to the north), Green Lake ( 22.1 km NNE ), Ripon (25.4 km northeast), Fairwater ( 13.4 km ENE ) Waupun ( 28.7 km east-southeast ), Fox Lake ( 22.3 km SSE ), Friesland ( 18.4 km SSW ), Kingston (11,9 km west), Marquette ( 16.1 km WNW ) and Green Lake Terrace ( 14.3 km to the northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (139 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (134 km southeast), Chicago, Illinois (284 km south-southeast ), Rockford, Illinois (183 km south) and Wisconsin's capital Madison ( 91.7 km south-southwest ).

Traffic

The Wisconsin State Highway 44 runs north -south through the city of Markesan and turns to the west in the south of the city. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

The nearest airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 87.7 km SSW ) and the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (144 km southeast).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Markesan 1476 people in 589 households. The population density was 241.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 589 households lived statistically 2.34 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 7.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 49.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.4 percent were 65 years or older. 54.4 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 37,443. The per capita income was $ 20,066. 12.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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