Owen (Wisconsin)

Clark County

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Owen is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Owen had 940 inhabitants.

Geography

Owen is located in northwestern Wisconsin's Center on Popple River, heard about the Black River to the basin of the Mississippi. The geographical coordinates are 44 ° 56'55 Owen " north latitude and 90 ° 33'51 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.77 km ².

Towns nearby Owen Withee are (at the western city limit) and Curtiss (11,9 km east).

The nearest major cities are Green Bay (225 km east), Wisconsin's capital Madison (294 km south-southeast ), La Crosse (167 km south-southwest ), Eau Claire ( 85.3 km west ), the Twin Cities in Minnesota (225 km in the same direction) and Duluth on Lake Superior in Minnesota (308 km north- north-west ).

Traffic

The four-lane Wisconsin State Highway 29 runs in east-west direction along the southern city limits of Owen. In the town center cross the County Highway D and X. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.

Meet In the city of Owen for freight traffic along two railroads belonging to the Canadian National Railway Wisconsin Central.

The nearest airports are the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire ( 79.7 km to the west ), the Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau ( 83.9 km east-southeast ) and the La Crosse Regional Airport (165 km south-southwest ).

History

Owen was founded in 1883 by timber entrepreneur John S. Owen. 1904, the town was incorporated as the Village of Owen for independent community. In 1925 the municipality status was changed to City of Owen.

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Owen 940 people in 419 households. The population density was 97.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 419 households lived statistically 2.23 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent white, 0.5 percent African Americans, 0.1 percent (one person) Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 2.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 34,348. The per capita income was $ 19,874. 11.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

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