Mellen (Wisconsin)

Ashland County

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Mellen is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Ashland County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Mellen had 731 inhabitants.

Geography

Mellen is located in northern Wisconsin, on both sides of the Bad River. The river flows approximately 30 km north into Lake Superior, the largest of the five Great Lakes. The geographical coordinates of 46 ° 19'32 Mellen " north latitude and 90 ° 39'40 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.84 km ².

Approximately 3 km north of the territory of the Copper Falls State Park begins. A few kilometers south, southwest and west is the Chequamegon - Nicolet National Forest.

Neighbouring places of Mellen are Upson ( 21.9 km ENE ), Glidden ( 25.7 km SSE ), Clam Lake (31,5 km southwest) and High Bridge (10.2 km to the northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay (372 km south-east ), Eau Claire (240 km south-southwest ), Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis (318 km southwest), Duluth, Minnesota (146 km west-northwest ) and Thunder Bay in the Canadian province of Ontario (450km north-northeast ).

The border with Canada is located approximately 400 km north.

Traffic

In the State Trunk Highways Mellen 13, 77 and 169 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.

By Mellen runs a railway line of the former Wisconsin Central, now part of the Canadian National Railway.

With the John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport in Ashland is located 39.3 km north west a small airfield. The nearest airports are the Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau (241 km south-southeast ), and the Duluth International Airport (155 km west-northwest ) and the greater Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (325 km southwest).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Mellen 731 people in 337 households. The population density was 151 people per square kilometer. In the 337 households lived statistically 2.08 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 1.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asians and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

20.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 39,306. The per capita income was $ 19,229. 12.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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