Nelson

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Nelson

Total population

381

Median home value

$164,200

27.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$70,625

Nelson$71k

National$74k

Elevation252 m

Land area1.44 km²

Weather65°F · Slight Chance Rain Showers

Coordinates44.42°, -92.00°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Nelson is a village in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 322 at the 2020 census. The village is surrounded by the Town of Nelson.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Nelson, WI from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

D

DeLisle Stewart

American astronomer (1870–1941)

John R. Foley

American politician (1917–2001)

L

Larry Brandenburg

American actor

A

Abigail McCarthy

American politician (1915–2001)

E

Eugene P. Foley

M

Margaret S. Gordon

American economist (1910-1994)

F

Fay George Child

American politician – Minnesota -Senate 1951-62 (District 24); Senate 1963-65 (District 22)

W

William F. Milligan

American politician – Minnesota -- "Wm." House 1897-98 (District 22)

F

Frank Lawrence Sarazin

American politician – Minnesota -House 1951-52 (District 3)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Wisconsin

• Pepin
  7.6 mi away
• Durand
  14.1 mi away
• Stockholm
  14.4 mi away
• Arkansaw
  14.9 mi away
• Cochrane
  15.4 mi away
• Waumandee
  16.5 mi away
• Gilmanton
  16.6 mi away
• Mondovi
  19.3 mi away
• Rock Falls
  25.2 mi away
• Eleva
  28.1 mi away · pop. 747
• Independence
  29.5 mi away · pop. 1,462
• Dodge
  29.7 mi away · pop. 207

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Nelson

Wisconsin Income Tax Law

Henry B. Nelson · 1924

A guide to old houses of Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Wendell Nelson · 1984

Wisconsin

Richard N. Current · 1977

[Negro slavery in Wisconsin

John Nelson Davidson · 1896

Negro slavery in Wisconsin

John Nelson Davidson · 1893

Pleistocene geology of Lincoln County, Wisconsin

Nelson R. Ham · 1997

In Unnamed Wisconsin

Harriet Wood Wheeler · 2018

German-American political behavior in Nebraska and Wisconsin, 1916-1920

Clifford L. Nelson · 1972

Search results from Open Library.