West Salem (Wisconsin)
La Crosse County
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West Salem is a village ( with a status of "Village" ) in La Crosse County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, West Salem had 4799 inhabitants.
West Salem is part of the nationwide multi-state metropolitan region La Crosse Metropolitan Area.
Geography
West Salem is located on the southern shore of Lake Neshonoc pent La Crosse River, in the border with Minnesota Mississippi forming flows approximately 20 km west-southwest. Located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa is located 53 km south-southwest.
West Salem is located in the Driftless Area mentioned glacially shaped region that stretches across the southeastern Minnesota, southwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa and extreme northwestern Illinois. In the last ice age, the Wisconsin Glaciation so-called, the region remained free of ice, so that the river valleys were cut deep into the plateau during this time.
The geographic coordinates of West Salem are 43 ° 53'57 " north latitude and 91 ° 04'52 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 8.1 km ².
Neighboring towns of West Salem are Mindoro (16,1 km to the north ), Burns (12 km northeast), Bangor (8.1 km to the east ), La Crosse (20,1 km southwest), Onalaska (13,8 km west ) and Holmen (19,5 km to the northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan ( 303 km east-northeast ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 318 km east-southeast ), Wisconsin's capital Madison (211 km southeast), Rockford, Illinois ( 317 km in the same direction), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa (313 km south), Cedar Rapids, Iowa (274 km south-southwest ), Rochester, Minnesota (133 miles west) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota (252 km north-west ).
Traffic
Interstate 90 runs in east-west direction along the southern city limits. The Wisconsin State Highway 16 leads as the main road through West Salem before he leaves the place in a northeasterly direction. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
Along the La Crosse River runs for freight railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
By West Salem La Crosse River State Trail, a running on the route of a former railway line Rail Trail runs for walkers and cyclists. In the winter the trail can be traveled with snowmobiles.
The nearest airport is the La Crosse Regional Airport, located 20.3 km west.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in West Salem 4799 people in 1831 households. The population density was 538.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1831 households lived statistically 2.48 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.9 percent were 65 years or older. 52.6 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 52,670. The per capita income was $ 23,839. 4.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Frank P. Coburn (1858-1932) - Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives - born and raised in West Salem
- Hamlin Garland (1860-1940) - writer - born and raised in West Salem
- Harry W. Griswold (1886-1939) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives - born and raised in West Salem
- Jay L. Johnson ( b. 1946 ) - former Admiral - grew up in West Salem