Marshfield (Wisconsin)

Wood County Marathon County

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Marshfield is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Wood County and a smaller portion in Marathon County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Marshfield had 19.118 inhabitants.

Geography

Marshfield is located in central Wisconsin at 44 ° 40'08 " north latitude and 90 ° 10'18 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​34.94 km ².

Neighboring towns of Marshfield are McMillan (8.6 km north), Stratford (17,8 km northeast), Auburndale ( 16.4 km east-southeast ), Hewitt ( at the southeastern outskirts ), Arpin (23,7 km southeast), Bakersville ( 7.8 km south-west ) and Spencer (14,4 km northwest ).

The nearest large towns are Wausau ( 70.5 kilometers north-east ), Green Bay on Lake Michigan (204 km east), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (307 km south-east ), Wisconsin's capital, Madison (220 km south-southeast ), La Crosse on the Mississippi River (168 km southwest ), Rochester, Minnesota (241 km west-southwest ), Eau Claire (128 miles west), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (262 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota ( 355 km north-northwest ).

Traffic

The four-lane U.S. Highway 10 runs in east-west direction along the southern city limits. In the center of Marshfield Wisconsin State Highways 13 and 97 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or urban roads.

The city is connected for freight traffic to the rail network of the Canadian National Railway.

With the Marshfield Municipal Airport is a small airfield in the southwestern city. The next airports are the Central Wisconsin Airport ( 51.3 km ENE ), the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (218 km south-southeast ) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (283 km west ).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Marshfield 19.118 people in 8777 households. The population density was 547.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 8777 households lived statistically 2.14 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 94.8 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 2.3 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

20.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.4 percent were 65 years or older. 52.7 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 42,783. The per capita income was $ 27,326. 12.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

  • Robert Frederick Fröhlke (* 1922) - Politician - attended school in Marshfield
  • Emilián Božetěch Glocar (1906-1985) - priest, painter and writer - lived for several years in Marshfield
  • Andrew Rock (* 1982 ) - Sprinter - born in Marshfield
  • John Stauber ( born 1953 ) - author and political activist - grew up in Marshfield
  • Mark exchanger ( b. 1977 ) - Amercan football pro - born and raised in Marshfield
  • William H. Upham (1841-1924) - 18th Governor of Wisconsin - lived the last years of his life in Marshfield
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