Nelsonville, Wisconsin
| Nelsonville, Wisconsin | |
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| Village | |
 Location of Nelsonville in Portage County, Wisconsin. |
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| Coordinates: 44°29′35″N 89°18′44″W / 44.49306°N 89.31222°WCoordinates: 44°29′35″N 89°18′44″W / 44.49306°N 89.31222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Portage |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.05 sq mi (2.72 km2) |
| • Land | 1.03 sq mi (2.67 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,073 ft (327 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 155 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 158 |
| • Density | 150.5/sq mi (58.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
| FIPS code | 55-56000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1570168 |
Nelsonville is a village in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 155 at the 2010 census.
The village was named after Jerome Nelson, an Englishman who started a sawmill along the Tomorrow River in 1855. It was incorporated in 1913, in part in an effort to remove saloons that the town of Amherst refused to outlaw.
Nelsonville is located at 44°29′35″N 89°18′44″W / 44.49306°N 89.31222°W (44.493067, -89.312358).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.05 square miles (2.72 km2), of which, 1.03 square miles (2.67 km2) of it is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water.
As of the census of 2010, there were 155 people, 61 households, and 39 families residing in the village. The population density was 150.5 inhabitants per square mile (58.1/km2). There were 67 housing units at an average density of 65.0 per square mile (25.1/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 96.8% White, 0.6% African American, 0.6% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population.
There were 61 households of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.1% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.03.
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