Mauston, Wisconsin
Juneau County
55-50025
Mauston is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Juneau County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Mauston had 4423 inhabitants.
Geography
Mauston is located in the south- central Wisconsin on both sides of Lemonweir River, heard about the Wisconsin River to the basin of the Mississippi.
The geographical coordinates are 43 ° 47'50 Mauston " north latitude and 90 ° 04'38 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 12.41 km ², spread over 11.37 km ² land and 1.04 km ² water surface.
Neighboring towns of Mauston Necedah are (26,5 km to the north ), Lemonweir ( 5.5 km east-southeast ), Lyndon Station (18,9 km southeast), Wonewoc (21,8 km southwest), Elroy (20 km west-southwest ) and New Lisbon (12,3 km to the northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (218 km east-northeast ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (222 km east-southeast ), Wisconsin's capital Madison (116 km south-southwest ), La Crosse (114 km west) and Eau Claire (172 km north-west ).
Traffic
The Interstate Highways 90 and 94 run on a common stretch along the northeastern city limits. In the city center meets U.S. Highway 12 and the Wisconsin State Highways 16, 58 and 82 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
Through the city runs a range of Canadian Pacific Railway ( CPR) for freight traffic.
With the Mauston - New Lisbon Union Airport is located 8.4 km north-west a small airfield. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (113 km southeast) and the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (237 km east-southeast ).
History
The origin of the city dates back to the timber industry in Wisconsin the 19th century. The city was first incorporated in 1887 Maughs Town named after the founder Milton M. Maugh, from which the present name gradually developed.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Mauston 4423 people in 1779 households. The population density was 389 people per square kilometer. In the 1779 households lived statistically 2.25 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 92.8 percent white, 2.6 percent African American, 1.2 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 43,343. The per capita income was $ 21,963. 13.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.