Mondovi (Wisconsin)

Buffalo County

55-53600

Mondovi is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Mondovi had 2777 inhabitants.

Geography

Mondovi is located on the Buffalo River, which flows about 36 km south-west to the Mississippi. This forms the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota. The geographic coordinates of Mondovi are 44 ° 34'8 " north latitude and 91 ° 40'11 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 9.7 km ², which consist almost exclusively of land area.

By Mondovi leads the running east -west U.S. Highway 10, which crosses the Wisconsin Highway 37 in the city center.

The nearest large towns are Eau Claire (39,3 km northeast), La Crosse (126 km south), Rochester, Minnesota (121 km southwest) and the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) in Minnesota (136 km in the west-northwest direction).

History

In 1855, the first white settlers arrived in the area. 1857 a small general store, a hotel and a saloon were opened. Also, a mill was built in the same year. A blacksmith came up and about 1858 a post office was opened. The first marriage in Mondovi was closed in 1858.

In 1859 there were in Mondovi several shops, two hotels, three churches, a school building, two mills and a newspaper. In a census in 1885 340 inhabitants were counted, which almost came originally from New England and other East Coast states.

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Mondovi 2777 people in 1194 households. The population density was 286.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1194 households lived statistically 2.26 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.0 percent were 65 years or older. 53.7 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 43,116. The per capita income was $ 20,737. 13.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.