Watertown (Wisconsin)
Jefferson County Dodge County
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Watertown is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Jefferson and to a lesser extent in Dodge County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010 Watertown had 23 861 inhabitants.
Geography
Watertown is located in the central southeastern Wisconsin on the Rock River, a left tributary of the Mississippi. The geographical coordinates of 43 ° 11'41 Watertown are " north latitude and 88 ° 43'44 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 32.4 km ², spread over 31.36 km ² land and 1.04 km ² water surface.
Neighboring towns of Watertown are Clyman (15,4 km to the north), Lebanon (13,4 km northeast), Ashippun (21,8 km east ), Ixonia (12,3 km to the southeast ), Johnson Creek ( 14.9 km SSW ) Portland (25 miles west), Reeseville (23 km north-west ) and Lowell ( 23.5 km NNW ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (181 km north-northeast ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (75 km east-southeast ), Chicago, Illinois (204 km south-southeast ), Rockford, Illinois (123 km south-southwest ) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (65 km west-southwest ).
Traffic
In Watertown Wisconsin State Highways 16 and 19 and 26 come together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
Watertown is a railway hub, where several lines of the Union Pacific Railroad, the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad and the Canadian Pacific Railway belonging to the Wisconsin Central to each other.
With the Watertown Municipal Airport is located in the north of the urban area, a small airfield. The next airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (59 miles west) and the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (87 km east-southeast ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Watertown 23 861 people in 9187 households. The population density was 760.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 9187 households lived statistically 2.46 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 94.0 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 2.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 7.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 50,746. The per capita income was $ 22,673. 11.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Daniel Charles Brandenstein ( born 1943 ) - former astronaut - born and raised in Watertown
- Joseph E. Davies (1876-1958) - lawyer and diplomat - was born and raised in Watertown
- Charles A. Kading (1874-1956) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1927-1933) - lived until his death in Watertown and is buried here
- Lloyd August Case (1905-1999) - Romance - born and raised in Watertown
- Robert Meier Case (* 1924) - Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives ( 1959-1991 ) - worked for years as a lawyer and justice of the peace in Watertown
- John Peterson ( b. 1948 ) - former wrestler - works as a trainer in Watertown
- Benjamin Peterson ( b. 1950 ) - former wrestler - works as a trainer in Watertown
- Meinhardt Raabe (1915-2010) - actor - born and raised in Watertown
- Carl Schurz (1829-1906) - Secretary of the Interior (1877-1881) - lived for several years in Watertown
- Margarethe Meyer Schurz (1833-1876) - founder of the first kindergarten in the USA - lived with her husband Carl Schurz in Watertown