Westby, Wisconsin
Vernon County
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Westby is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Vernon County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Westby had 2200 inhabitants.
The Snowflake is located 6 km north of the famous ski jump, will be held at the international competitions.
Geography
Westby is located in southwest Wisconsin. The located on the Mississippi intersection of the three states of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin is located 44.3 km west-southwest, the intersection of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois 147 km south.
Westby 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 geographical coordinates are 43 ° 39'25 Westby " north latitude and 90 ° 51'15 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 6.73 km ².
Neighboring towns of Westby are Cashton (12,9 km northeast), Ontario ( 29.5 km ENE ), Avalanche (10,8 km southeast), Viroqua (11,9 km south), Chase Castle (22,9 km west ) and Coon Valley ( 15.4 km WNW ).
The nearest big cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan ( 317 km east-northeast ), Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (299 km east-southeast ), Wisconsin's capital, Madison (163 km southeast), Rockford, Illinois (275 km southeast), the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa ( 271 km south ), Cedar Rapids, Iowa (244 km south-southwest ), Rochester, Minnesota (164 km west-northwest ) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota (279 km north-west ).
Traffic
In Westby, U.S. Highways 14 and 61 and the Wisconsin Highway 27 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The nearest airports are the La Crosse Regional Airport ( 52.1 km north west ), the Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque, Iowa (164 km south) and the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (171 km southeast).
History
After the territory of the present-day city was originally settled by Native Americans of the Sauk, Fox and Winnebago, after the Black Hawk War took from the Indian population.
After the region was inhabited mainly by immigrants from Norway since 1848, Ole T. Westby in 1867 opened a general store on the site of the present city. The evolving settlement was incorporated as a separate municipality in 1896 and 1920 raised to the City.
In memory of the Norwegian heritage of the town of Norway's National Day is annually celebrated with the Syttende Mai.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Westby 2,200 people in 929 households. The population density was 326.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 929 households lived statistically 2.3 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 43,095. The per capita income was $ 21,583. 10.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.