Ripon, Wisconsin
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 Ripon City Hall |
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| Location in Wisconsin | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1849 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Fond du Lac County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 51 ′ N , 88 ° 50 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
7,733 (as of 2010) 101,633 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 703 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 11.0 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of which 11.0 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 284 m | ||
| Postal code : | 54971 | ||
| Area code : | +1 920 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-68175 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1572338 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofripon.com | ||
| Mayor : | Gary Will | ||
 The Little White Schoolhouse , home of the Republican Party, National Historic Landmark |
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Ripon is a small town (with the status " City ") in Fond du Lac County in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , Ripon had 7,733 inhabitants.
geography
Ripon is located in southeastern Wisconsin, around 70 km west of Lake Michigan . The geographic coordinates of Ripon are 43 ° 50'42 "north latitude and 88 ° 50'23" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 11 km² and is completely surrounded by the Town of Ripon without belonging to it.
Neighboring towns to Ripon are Pickett (12.5 km northeast), Rosendale (14.1 km east-southeast), Brandon (15.6 km south-southeast), Fairwater (12.1 km south-southwest), Green Lake (11.6 km west) and Berlin (14.9 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Green Bay on Lake Michigan (114 km northeast), Wisconsin's largest city Milwaukee (132 km southeast), Chicago , Illinois (281 km southeast), Rockford , Illinois (206 km south), and Wisconsin's capital Madison (116 km southwest ).
traffic
Wisconsin State Highways 23 , 44, and 49 come together in the Ripon metropolitan area . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR), a regional ( Class II ) freight transport company, runs through Ripon .
The Fond du Lac County Airport is 32.1 km east-southeast, a small airfield. The nearest commercial airports are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (114 km southwest) and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee (142 km southeast).
history
Ripon was founded in 1849 and named after one of the oldest towns in England . The city is known for Ripon College and most of all for being the founding site of the Republican Party of the United States . Ripon's old schoolhouse, Little White Schoolhouse , has been a National Historic Landmark since 1974 . It has been classified as particularly significant by the US Department of the Interior as "the site of an important event in American history" and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . It is one of the 40 historic sites in Wisconsin.
List of Mayors in Ripon
| year | Surname |
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| 1858 | Harvey Grant |
| 1859 | Jehdiah Bowen |
| 1860 | HS Town |
| 1861 | Philo England |
| 1862 | Ceylon North |
| 1863 | CF Hammond |
| 1864 | Pertine Pinkney |
| 1865 | HT Henton |
| 1866 | AM Skeels |
| 1867 | Samuel Sumner |
| 1868 | Jehdiah Bowen (2nd) |
| 1869 | William Workman |
| 1870 | George L. Field |
| 1871 | Aaron Everhard |
| 1872 | OU Akin |
| 1873 | OJ Wolcott |
| 1874-78 | Aaron Everhard (2nd) |
| 1879 | Samuel Sumner |
| 1880 | IM Dakin |
| 1881 | AP Harwood |
| 1882-85 | Aaron Everhard (3rd) |
| 1886 | Lewis Reed |
| 1887 | Marcellus Pedrick |
| 1888-89 | HC Everesz |
| 1890-92 | Aaron Everhard (4th) |
| 1893 | EJ Burnside |
| 1894 | Alanson Wood |
| 1895 | Philomen Wicks |
| 1896 | Chester Hazen |
| 1897 | George L. Field (2nd) |
| 1898 | Bruno Shallern |
| 1899 | Hugo Schultz / Don Worrall |
| 1900-02 | John T. Harris |
| 1902-04 | IF Strauss |
| 1904-06 | John T. Harris (2nd) |
| 1906-14 | Lewis Kellogg |
| 1914-16 | Albert Maudlin |
| 1916-18 | LW Thayer |
| 1918-20 | Charles H. Graham |
| 1920-22 | Herman Thiel |
| 1922-32 | Lewis Kellogg (2nd) |
| 1932-36 | Harold Bumby |
| 1936-40 | WH Barber |
| 1940-44 | Eugene von Schallern |
| 1944-48 | Les Chelstrom |
| 1948-56 | Robert Born |
| 1956-60 | John H. Wilson |
| 1960-62 | J. Gordon Thiel |
| 1962-63 | Peter Ramsey |
| 1963-68 | John Adamski |
| 1968-72 | Fred W. Kohl, Jr. |
| 1972-74 | Mark Conrad |
| 1974-77 | Michael Williams (A) |
| 1977-82 | Warren Bredahl |
| 1982-84 | Thomas (Ted) Jones |
| 1984-86 | Warren Bredahl (2nd) |
| 1986-88 | David Gray |
| 1988-96 | John Haupt |
| 1996-2002 | Bob Somers |
| 2002-2003 | John Reinsch (B) |
| 2003-2010 | Aaron Kramer |
| 2010 | Barbara Miller |
| 2010 – today | Gary Will |
population
According to the 2010 census , Ripon had 7,733 people in 3,053 households. The population density was 703 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.22 people lived in each of the 3,053 households.
The racial the population was composed of 94.7 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 2.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.0 percent of the population.
20.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 52.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 43,598 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,886. 15.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Alvan E. Bovay (1818–1903) - co-founder of the Republican Party - worked as a lawyer in Ripon
- Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947) - suffragette - born in Ripon
- George W. Peck (1840–1916) - 17th Governor of Wisconsin (1891–1895) - was Ripon's chamberlain from 1867–1873
- Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858–1947) - businessman - born in Ripon
- Otto Julius Zobel (1887–1970) - electrical engineer - born in Ripon
- James Eugene Dunlap (1889–1983) - classical philologist - born in Ripon
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 10, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 10, 2014
