Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Walworth County
55-87200
Williams Bay is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Walworth County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Williams Bay had 2564 inhabitants.
Williams Bay is best known for the Yerkes Observatory.
Geography
Williams Bay is located in southeastern Wisconsin on the north shore of Lake Geneva. The geographic coordinates of Williams Bay are 42 ° 34'41 " north latitude and 88 ° 32'27 " west longitude. The municipality covers an area of 7.25 km ².
Neighboring towns of Williams Bay, Elkhorn (10,9 km to the north), Como (10.2 km north-east ), Lake Geneva (9.4 km east), Fontana (5.2 km to the southwest ), Delavan Lake (9 miles west) and Delavan (12.5 km to the northwest ).
The nearest large towns are Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee ( 84.8 kilometers north-east ), Chicago, Illinois (131 km south-southeast ), Rockford, Illinois ( 75.1 km southwest ) and Wisconsin's capital Madison (111 km north-west ).
Traffic
The Wisconsin State Highway 67 runs in east-west direction as the main road through Williams Bay. The northeastern boundary of the municipality is formed by the leading past the town of Wisconsin State Highway 50. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The nearest airports are the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (114 km north-west ), the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee ( 78.9 kilometers north-east ), the Chicago O'Hare International Airport (105 km southeast) and the Chicago Rockford International Airport ( 78.1 kilometers south-west ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Williams Bay 2564 people in 1061 households. The population density was 353.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1061 households lived statistically 2.35 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 94.3 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 3.0 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 6.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 63,320. The per capita income was $ 35,214. 8.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Edward Barnard (1857-1923) - Astronomer - worked at Yerkes Observatory
- John Adelbert Parkhurst (1861-1925) - Astronomer - worked long at the Yerkes Observatory