Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin
Appearance
Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin | |
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Coordinates: 42°29′43″N 88°35′57″W / 42.49528°N 88.59917°W | |
Country | |
State | |
County | Walworth |
Town | Walworth |
Area | |
• Total | 0.032 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
• Land | 0.032 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
Elevation | 955 ft (291 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 22 |
• Density | 687.5/sq mi (265.4/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP Code | 53184 (Walworth) |
Area codes | 262 |
FIPS code | 55-07315 |
GNIS feature ID | 2807534[2] |
Big Foot Prairie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It was named a CDP for the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 22.[3] It is located in the Town of Walworth along U.S. Highway 14, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the Village of Walworth.[4] The community of Big Foot Prairie extends south into McHenry County, Illinois, where there is a CDP of the same name in Chemung Township.
History
[edit]The community is named for Big Foot, a Potawatomi leader who resided on nearby Kishwauketoe (today known as Geneva Lake) until his band was forcibly removed by the United States in 1836. It once had a post office, which opened on May 15, 1848.[5]
Demographics
[edit]Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 22 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[6] 2020[3] |
Notable people
[edit]- Phipps W. Lake, Free Will Baptist minister and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly[7]
- Lewis N. Wood, physician and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Big Foot Prairie Census Designated Place, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b "Big Foot Prairie CDP, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation (2011). Walworth Co. (PDF) (Map). 1:100,000. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
- ^ Callary, Edward (2009). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 425.
- ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
- ^ Beckwith, Albert Clayton (1912). "Biographical Sketch of Phipps Waldo Lake". History of Walworth County, Wisconsin. Vol. II. B.F. Bowen & Company. pp. 936–938.
- ^ History of Walworth County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1882. p. 807. Retrieved June 21, 2015.