- Couderay, Wisconsin
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Couderay, Wisconsin — Village — Location of Couderay, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 45°49′22″N 91°20′50″W / 45.82278°N 91.34722°WCoordinates: 45°49′22″N 91°20′50″W / 45.82278°N 91.34722°W Country United States State Wisconsin County Sawyer Area – Total 1.0 sq mi (2.59 km2) – Land 0.96 sq mi (2.49 km2) – Water 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2) Elevation[1] 1,329 ft (405 m) Population (2000) – Total 96 – Density 96/sq mi (37.1/km2) Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) – Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5) FIPS code 55-17250[2] GNIS feature ID 1583021[1] Couderay is a village in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Couderay River. The population was 96 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Couderay.
Couderay is home to Al Capone’s northwoods hideaway, a tourist site called "The Hideout." The Hideout was purchased in the spring of 2010 by the Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Tribe after bankruptcy hearings for the previous owners.[3]
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.5 km2), of which, 1.0 square miles (2.5 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2) of it (2.04%) is water.
Name
Couderay is a truncated name of French origin denoting the term "short ears" (courtes oreilles) in connection with those of the Ojibwa people. French explorers and French-Canadian trappers who roamed the northern part of French Louisiana and the Great Lakes at the time of New France created this name.[4]
Weather
On February 2, and February 4, 1996, the temperature fell to -55°F (-48°C), the coldest temperature ever recorded in Wisconsin.[5]
Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 96 people, 40 households, and 26 families residing in the village. The population density was 99.2 people per square mile (38.2/km2). There were 54 housing units at an average density of 55.8 per square mile (21.5/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 79.17% White, 19.79% Native American, 1.04% from other races. 1.04% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 40 households out of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the village the population was spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 20.8% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 128.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $40,417, and the median income for a family was $41,042. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $9,750 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,008. There were 6.1% of families and 11.4% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 41.2% of those over 64.
References
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/83044837.html
- ^ http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wisawyer/communities.htm
- ^ http://www.uwex.edu/sco/stateclimate.html
External links
Municipalities and communities of Sawyer County, Wisconsin City 
Villages Towns CDPs Chief Lake | Little Round Lake | New Post | Reserve | Stone Lake‡
Unincorporated
communitiesDraper | Edgewater | Loretta | Northwoods Beach | Ojibwa | Oxbo | Yarnell
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Populated places in Sawyer County, Wisconsin
- Villages in Wisconsin
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