Washburn (Wisconsin)

Bayfield County

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Washburn is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Bayfield County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Washburn had 2117 inhabitants and was the largest city of Bayfield County.

Geography

Washburn is located at 46 ° 40 'north latitude and 90 ° 54 ' west longitude and covers 16.0 km ² (of which 10.2 km ² land area) at an altitude of 211 meters above the sea level. The city is located on Lake Superior in the Chequamegonbucht.

Through the urban area of Wisconsin Highway 13 leads

The town was connected to the railway network in the Chicago and North Western Railway, the train service was discontinued before 1980.

The nearest major cities are Duluth ( about 110 miles west), Wausau (about 260 km south-east ), the Canadian Thunder Bay ( approximately 240 km as the crow north on the other side of Lake Superior ) and the Twin Cities ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ) in Minnesota ( about 310 km southwest). Washburn is located about 460 kilometers north of Madison, the capital of the state. The closest big city is Chicago, about 680 km south-east.

The Gogebic - Iron County Airport is situated 75 kilometers east of the city at Ironwood.

The Chequamegon National Forest lies near Washburn.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Washburn 2117 people in 934 households. The population density was 207.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 934 households lived statistically 2.15 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 88.4 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 5.9 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 4.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 47,824. The per capita income was $ 27,312. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

History

The city was founded in 1879 and by Cadwallader C. Washburn, who was governor of Wisconsin from 1872 to 1874, named.

Persons that are associated with the city

• Hubert H. Peavey (1881-1937), politician, MP for Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives, died in Washburn.