Tunnel City, Wisconsin

Tunnel City, Wisconsin
Census-designated place
Tunnel City, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°00′26″N 90°33′56″W / 44.00722°N 90.56556°W / 44.00722; -90.56556
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Monroe
Area[1]
 • Total 0.310 sq mi (0.80 km2)
 • Land 0.310 sq mi (0.80 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation 1,060 ft (320 m)
Population (2010)[2]
 • Total 106
 • Density 340/sq mi (130/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 608
GNIS feature ID 1575713[3]

Tunnel City is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Greenfield, in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States,[4][5] named after the train tunnel just to the west which was used by the Chicago and North Western Railway (track now abandoned west of the tunnel) and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road). The existing track is owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway, and carries the Amtrak Empire Builder passenger train, though rail traffic is dominated by freight. As of the 2010 census, its population is 106.[2] Tunnel City has an area of 0.310 square miles (0.80 km2), all of it land.

Notes

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. 1 2 "American FactFinder". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tunnel City, Wisconsin
  4. ↑ Tunnel at Tunnel City, WHi-24918
  5. ↑ http://wisconsin.hometownlocator.com/wi/monroe/tunnel-city.cfm

Coordinates: 44°00′26″N 90°33′56″W / 44.00722°N 90.56556°W / 44.00722; -90.56556


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