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Black families continued to move to the area after World War II, making it a year-round community by the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=De Sisti |first1=Mike |title=Lake Ivanhoe in Walworth County is one of the first Black settlements in Wisconsin |url=https://www.jsonline.com/videos/news/2022/07/05/lake-ivanhoe-one-first-black-settlements-wisconsin/7720788001/ |access-date=12 July 2022 |publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=5 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="WPR">{{cite news |last1=Bezucha |first1=Diane |title='What I felt there was free': State to commemorate Black-founded resort community and haven |url=https://www.wpr.org/what-i-felt-there-was-free-state-commemorate-black-founded-resort-community-and-haven |access-date=9 July 2022 |publisher=Wisconsin Public Radio |date=2 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> A government housing program in the 1990s brought new white and Latino families to Lake Ivanhoe, changing the demographics such that African-Americans only made up 9 percent of the community's population at the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]].<ref name="WPR"/> |
Black families continued to move to the area after World War II, making it a year-round community by the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=De Sisti |first1=Mike |title=Lake Ivanhoe in Walworth County is one of the first Black settlements in Wisconsin |url=https://www.jsonline.com/videos/news/2022/07/05/lake-ivanhoe-one-first-black-settlements-wisconsin/7720788001/ |access-date=12 July 2022 |publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=5 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="WPR">{{cite news |last1=Bezucha |first1=Diane |title='What I felt there was free': State to commemorate Black-founded resort community and haven |url=https://www.wpr.org/what-i-felt-there-was-free-state-commemorate-black-founded-resort-community-and-haven |access-date=9 July 2022 |publisher=Wisconsin Public Radio |date=2 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> A government housing program in the 1990s brought new white and Latino families to Lake Ivanhoe, changing the demographics such that African-Americans only made up 9 percent of the community's population at the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]].<ref name="WPR"/> |
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Revision as of 10:08, 1 January 2023
Lake Ivanhoe, Wisconsin | |
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  Lake Ivanhoe, Wisconsin | |
| Coordinates: 42°34′48″N 88°20′30″W / 42.58000°N 88.34167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Walworth |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.519 sq mi (1.34 km2) |
| • Land | 0.519 sq mi (1.34 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 886 ft (270 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 461 |
| • Density | 890/sq mi (340/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 262 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2586517[2] |
Lake Ivanhoe is a census-designated place in the Town of Bloomfield, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It was developed in the 1920s as a resort community for middle-class Black Chicagoans. Its population was 461 as of the 2020 census.[1]
History
In 1926, Jeremiah Brumfield, Frank Anglin and Bradford Watson purchased an 83-acre farm on Ryan Lake to develop a resort community for other middle-class Black Chicagoans.[3][4] A white real estate agent named Ivan Bell brokered the deal, and the community was named Lake Ivanhoe in his honor. In addition to private lots for cottages and summer homes, the resort included a music pavilion that opened in 1927 with a performance by Cab Calloway. The resort also hosted fishing contests, beauty pageants, and boxing matches.[3]
Lake Ivanhoe was successful until 1929, when property sales declined during the Great Depression. In 1934, Chicago Bears player Edward Sternaman began purchasing unsold property at Lake Ivanhoe with the intention of turning the community into a white resort. He built fences to restrict Black residents' beach and lakefront access, but when the residents filed a civil suit, a judge ruled that the lake was a public good, and Sternaman abandoned his plans and left the area.[3]
Black families continued to move to the area after World War II, making it a year-round community by the 1970s.[5][3] A government housing program in the 1990s brought new white and Latino families to Lake Ivanhoe, changing the demographics such that African-Americans only made up 9 percent of the community's population at the 2020 census.[3]
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| U.S. Decennial Census[6] | |||
References
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Ivanhoe, Wisconsin
- ^ a b c d e Bezucha, Diane (2 June 2022). "'What I felt there was free': State to commemorate Black-founded resort community and haven". Wisconsin Public Radio. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Ebony Isle". Milwaukee Magazine. 8 February 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ De Sisti, Mike (5 July 2022). "Lake Ivanhoe in Walworth County is one of the first Black settlements in Wisconsin". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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