Shullsburg, Wisconsin
Lafayette County
55-73825
Shullsburg is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Lafayette County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Shullsburg had 1226 inhabitants.
Geography
Shullsburg located in southwest Wisconsin, 11 km east of the Galena River and about 40 km east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Iowa. The border with Illinois is located 8.7 kilometers south of the city. The geographical coordinates are 42 ° 34'24 Shullsburg " north latitude and 90 ° 13'51 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 2.87 km ². The Apple River rises east of Shullsburg.
Neighboring towns are Darlington (18,4 km northeast), Gratiot (18 km east), Apple River, Illinois (16,6 km to the southeast ), Scales Mound (12.5 km to the south ), New Diggins ( 11.8 km WSW ) Benton (13,5 km to the west ) and Belmont ( 26.5 km NNW ).
The nearest large towns are La Crosse (207 km north-northwest ), Wisconsin's capital, Madison (111 km northeast), Rockford, Illinois (117 km east-southeast ) and Dubuque, Iowa (44,9 km southwest).
Traffic
The four-lane Wisconsin State Highway 11 leads as the main highway through the northern city of Shullsburg. In addition, take nor the County Highways A, O and U together in Shullsburg. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The nearest airports are the Dubuque Regional Airport ( 57.6 km west-southwest ) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (122 km northeast).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Shullsburg 1226 people in 534 households. The population density was 427.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 534 households lived statistically 2.3 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 98.9 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American and 0.2 percent Asian; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 39,265. The per capita income was $ 21,792. 5.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Henry S. Magoon (1832-1889) - Republican congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives - practiced from time to time as a lawyer in Shullsburg
- William Warner (1840-1916) - Republican congressman in both houses of the U.S. Congress - born and raised in Shullsburg