Richfield (Washington County, Wisconsin)
Washington County
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Richfield is a municipality ( with a status of "Village" ) in Washington County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Richfield had 11,300 inhabitants.
Richfield is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.
Geography
Richfield is located in southeastern Wisconsin, in the northwest suburban area of Milwaukee. The geographical coordinates of 43 ° 15'22 Richfield are " north latitude and 88 ° 11'38 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 94.43 km ², which at 93.01 km ² land and 1.42 km ² water surface spread.
Neighboring towns of Richfield are Jackson ( 11.4 km NNE ), German Town ( in the south-eastern city limits ), Menomonee Falls (11.1 km to the southeast ), Sussex (19,6 km to the south), Hartford ( 19.3 km WNW ) and Slinger (12,1 km northwest ).
The city center of Milwaukee is located 35.2 km south east. The other nearest big cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (164 km north), Chicago, Illinois (184 km south), Rockford, Illinois (174 km southwest) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (122 km west-southwest ).
Traffic
In Richland, U.S. Highways 41 and 45 meet together to run in a southeasterly direction on a section of track shared to Milwaukee. In addition, still take the Wisconsin State Highways 167 and 175 together in Richfield. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
Due to the north-east of Richfield runs a railway line in the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad ( WSOR ), a regional (Class II ) Freight transportation company.
The nearest airport is General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee ( 45.1 km southeast).
History
After the land had been bought by the present location by treaties in 1831 by the Menominee and 1833 of the Potawatomi by the U.S. government, was in 1841 the first white settlement. In 1846, the Town of Richfield was founded in 2008 transformed after an electoral vote in today's Village of Richfield.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Richfield 11,300 people in 4170 households. The population density was 121.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 4170 households lived statistically 2.71 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.1 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 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.
23.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.5 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 94,375. The per capita income was $ 43,669. 1.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.