Walworth (Wisconsin)
Walworth County
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Walworth is a municipality ( with a status of "Village" ) in Walworth County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Walworth had 2816 inhabitants.
Geography
Walworth is located in southeastern Wisconsin, near the south-west of Lake Geneva. The geographical coordinates are 42 ° 31'52 of Walworth ' north latitude and 88 ° 35'58 "west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 3.99 km ². The town of Walworth is surrounded to the north, west and south of the Town of Walworth and in the west to a small part of the Town of Linn, but does not belong to it.
Neighboring towns of Walworth are Fontana -on- Geneva Lake ( on the northeastern boundary of the municipality ), Hebron, Illinois (19,2 km to the southeast ), Harvard, Illinois (12,4 km south), Sharon (13,7 km west-southwest ) and Darien ( 12.2 km to the northwest ).
The nearest large towns are Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 94.2 kilometers north-east ), Chicago, Illinois ( 130 km southeast ), Rockford, Illinois (62 km SSW ) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (106 km north-west ).
Traffic
The U.S. Highway 14 leads in a north-south direction as the main road through Walworth. In the center of the Wisconsin State Highway 67 crosses All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
Through the municipality runs a range of Wisconsin and Southern Railroad ( WSOR ) for freight traffic.
The nearest airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (110 km north-west ), the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee ( 86.6 km ENE ), the Chicago O'Hare International Airport (101 km southeast) and the Chicago Rockford International Airport ( 68.7 kilometers south-west ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Walworth 2816 people in 1068 households. The population density was 705.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1068 households lived statistically 2.58 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 87.5 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian, 0.2 percent and 9.5 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 17.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 51,000. The per capita income was $ 22,008. 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Carlos D. Shelden (1840-1904) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1897-1903) - born in Walworth