Spooner, Wisconsin Spooner is positioned in Wisconsin Spooner - Spooner Location inside the state of Wisconsin State Wisconsin Spooner is a town/city in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.
The town/city is positioned mostly inside the southwest corner of the Town of Spooner, with a small portion extending into the Town of Beaver Brook on the south, the Town of Bashaw on the southwest, and the Town of Evergreen on the west.
The city's nickname is "Crossroads of the North", a reference to the fact that the town/city is at the junction of two U.S.
Spooner was once the core of the Omaha Railroad Line.
In 1992, the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad was incorporated, to serve as a freight hauler from Spooner to Trego, a close-by town, with a connection to the CNW.
The traveler trains were very successful, and after the 1995 takeover of the CNW by the Union Pacific, UP in 1998 reported intentions to abandon the line from Hayward Junction where it connected to the Wisconsin Central 13 miles (21 km) to the north through Spooner all of the way down to Chippewa Falls.
The business bought the portion of the line between Spooner and Hayward Jct in 1999, which greatly period traveler operations.
More recently, the Great Pumpkin train almost sold out and now runs annually around the time of Halloween. The old CNW Spooner Railroad Depot now serves as the town's Railroad Memories Museum.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.52 square miles (9.12 km2), of which, 3.29 square miles (8.52 km2) is territory and 0.23 square miles (0.60 km2) is water. Spooner has a Humid continental climate (Koppen climate classification Dfb), typical of northern Wisconsin with warm, humid summers and mostly long, cold winters.
Climate data for Spooner, Wisconsin (1981 2010) Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 7 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 31 As of the census of 2010, there were 2,682 citizens , 1,180 homeholds, and 666 families living in the city.
The populace density was 815.2 inhabitants per square mile (314.8/km2).
There were 1,302 housing units at an average density of 395.7 per square mile (152.8/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.1% White, 0.3% African American, 1.9% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.1% from other competitions, and 1.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,180 homeholds of which 28.9% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 37.2% were married couples residing together, 13.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 43.6% were non-families.
38.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 18.3% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.84.
The median age in the town/city was 41.6 years.
23.9% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.5% were from 25 to 44; 25.3% were from 45 to 64; and 21.5% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,653 citizens , 1,148 homeholds, and 662 families living in the city.
The populace density was 875.9 citizens per square mile (338.1/km ).
There were 1,249 housing units at an average density of 412.4 per square mile (159.2/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.97% White, 0.41% Black or African American, 2.04% Native American, 0.04% Asian, 0.38% from other competitions, and 1.17% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,148 homeholds out of which 27.4% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 42.4% were married couples residing together, 11.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 42.3% were non-families.
37.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 20.4% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.90.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $27,768, and the median income for a family was $39,677.
About 7.6% of families and 11.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.
An exhibit hall in the Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum.
The Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum, in Spooner the only exhibition in the United States dedicated exclusively to the tradition of the canoe is an institution devoted to the preservation and interpretation of the cultural tradition of canoes and canoeing in North America.
Its eclectic assemblage of boats is distinct , and contains momentous craft from the golden age of North American canoeing as well as work by intact builders.
Since 1954, each summer in July, Spooner has hosted the Heart of the North Rodeo, which draws thousands of fans to the area.
"Population Estimates".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1909,' Biographical Sketch of Frank Hammill, pg.
'Wisconsin Blue Book 1970,' Biographical Sketch of Holger Rasmusen, pg.
Spooner, Wisconsin Municipalities and communities of Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States
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