Theresa (Wisconsin)
Dodge County
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Theresa is a municipality ( with a status of "Village" ) in Dodge County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Theresa had 1262 inhabitants.
Geography
Theresa is in the middle southeast Wisconsin on the East Branch Rock River, the eastern source river of the Rock River. This flows through the states of Wisconsin and Illinois and empties into rock Iceland in Illinois in the Mississippi.
The geographical coordinates are 43 ° 31'02 by Theresa " north latitude and 88 ° 27'04 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 2.12 km ².
Neighboring towns of Teresa Lomira (9,1 km north), Theresa Station ( 2.9 km east-northeast ), Iron Ridge (19,5 km southwest), Mayville ( 9.6 km west-southwest ) and Brownsville ( 14.3 km NNW ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (133 km north-northeast ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 74.5 km southeast), Chicago, Illinois (222 km south-southeast ), Rockford, Illinois (179 km south-southwest ) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (102 km southwest).
Traffic
A few kilometers east of the city runs the four-lane U.S. Highway 41, which is the shortest route from Milwaukee and Fond du Lac. In the center of Theresa the Wisconsin State Highways take 28, 67 and 175 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
About a kilometer east of Theresa runs a railroad line of the Canadian Pacific Railway belonging to the Wisconsin Central.
With the Dodge County Airport is located 27.5 km west-southwest of a small airfield. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison ( 98.1 km southwest ) and the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee ( 82.9 km southeast).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Theresa in 1262 people in 539 households. The population density was 595.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 539 households lived statistically 2.34 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.2 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 43,929. The per capita income was $ 22,388. 5.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Armand James Quick (1894-1978) - physician and chemist - born in Theresa
Pictures
The northern entrance sign
The western city limit sign