Princeton (Wisconsin)
Green Lake County
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Princeton is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Green Lake County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Princeton had 1214 inhabitants.
Geography
Princeton is located in southeastern Wisconsin center on both sides of the Fox River, a tributary of Lake Michigan. The geographical coordinates are 43 ° 51'03 Princeton " north latitude and 89 ° 07'18 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.25 km ². The town of Princeton is surrounded on the east, south and west of the Town of Princeton and to the north of the Town of St. Marie, without belonging to one of these Towns.
Neighboring towns of Princeton are Green Lake ( 14.6 km to the east), Markesan (23,6 km southeast), Marquette (21,7 km to the south), Montello ( 18.3 km west-southwest ) and Neshkoro (16,6 km to the northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (137 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (158 km southeast), Chicago, Illinois ( 307 km south-southeast ), Rockford, Illinois (201 km south) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (110 km south-southwest ).
Traffic
At Princeton, the Wisconsin State Highways 23 and 73 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The nearest airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (106 km south-southwest ) and the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (168 km southeast).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Princeton in 1214 people in 551 households. The population density was 285.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 551 households lived statistically 2.15 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.9 percent were 65 years or older. 53.4 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 38,333. The per capita income was $ 21,810. 9.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Half Walter Butler ( 1852-1931 * ) - Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives ( 1891-1893 ) - began his career as a lawyer in Princeton
- James H. Davidson (1858-1918) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1897-1913, 1917-1918) - practiced for years as a lawyer in Princeton