Waupaca County

Waupaca County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Wisconsin
Administrative headquarters :	Waupaca
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 811 Harding Street Waupaca, WI 54981-2012
Foundation :	1851
Made up from:	Brown County Winnebago County
Area code :	001 715
Demographics
Residents :	52,410  (2010)
Population density :	26.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1982 km²
Water surface :	37 km²
map
Website : www.co.waupaca.wi.us

The Waupaca County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Wisconsin . In 2010 , the county had 52,410 residents and a population density of 26.9 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 52,285. The county seat is Waupaca .

geography

The county is located in eastern central Wisconsin and has an area of ​​1982 square kilometers, of which 37 square kilometers are water.

Waupaca County is traversed by the Waupaca River in the south and the Little Wolf River in the center, both of which flow into the Wolf River within the county . This is part of the Green Bay catchment area of Lake Michigan via the Fox River .

The following neighboring counties border Waupaca County:

Marathon County	Shawano County
Portage County		Outagamie County
Waushara County		Winnebago County

history

Waupaca County was formed in 1851 from parts of Brown County and Winnebago County. It was named after an expression of the Menominee "wau-pa-ka-ho-nak", which means something like white sandy soil or good young hero .

Historical objects

• In King is the Veterans Cottages Historic District . It contains 32 buildings and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 under the reference number 85001367 .

Other historical objects:

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Waupaca County

population

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1900	31,615		-
1910	32,782		3.7%
1920	34,200		4.3%
1930	33,513		-2%
1940	34,614		3.3%
1950	35,056		1.3%
1960	35,340		0.8%
1970	37,780		6.9%
1980	42,831		13.4%
1990	46.104		7.6%
2000	51,731		12.2%
2010	52,410		1.3%
2013 estimate	52,285		-0.2%
1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

According to the 2010 census , Waupaca County had 52,410 people in 21,387 households. The population density was 26.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.37 people lived in each of the 21,387 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.0 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 49,777  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,760. 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Waupaca County

Citys

Clintonville Manawa Marion 1

New London 2 Waupaca Weyauwega

Villages

Big Falls Embarrassment Fremont

Iola Ogdensburg Scandinavia

Census-designated places (CDP)

• Chain O'Lakes
• King
• Northport

Other Unincorporated Communities

Baldwin's Mill Bear Creek Corners Buckbee Carmel Cobb Town Evanswood

Gill's Landing Hunting 1 Lind Center Little Hope Nicholson North Readfield

Norske Northland Ostrander Parfreyville Readfield Red Banks

Royalton Rural Schmidt Corner Shaw Landing Sheridan Symco

^{1 - partly in Shawano County
2 - partly in Outagamie County}

structure

In addition to the six cities and six villages, Waupaca County is divided into 22 towns :

Town Population (2010) FIPS Town of Bear Creek 823    55-05625 Town of Caledonia 1627    55-12000 Town of Dayton 2748    55-19025 Town of Dupont 738    55-21200 Town of Farmington 3974    55-25400 Town of Fremont 597    55-27850 Town of Harrison 468    55-32925 Town of Helvetia 636    55-33850

Town Population (2010) FIPS Town of Iola 971    55-37050 Town of Larrabee 1381    55-42650 Town of Lebanon 1665    55-43075 Town of Lind 1579    55-44575 Town of Little Wolf 1424    55-45300 Town of Matteson 936    55-49975 Town of Mukwa 2930    55-55025 Town of Royalton 1434    55-69900

Town Population (2010) FIPS Town of St. Lawrence 710    55-70900 Town of Scandinavia 1066    55-72000 Town of Union 806    55-81700 Town of Waupaca 1173    55-84400 Town of Weyauwega 583    55-86425 Town of Wyoming 329    55-89375

Individual evidence

1. ^ Waupaca County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 22, 2011
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Waupaca County, WI. Retrieved September 9, 2014
3. ^ ^{A b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved September 9, 2014
4. ^ NRHP - Veterans Cottages Historic District. Retrieved September 10, 2014
5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Wisconsin ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 9, 2014 

Web links

Commons : Waupaca County, Wisconsin  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website
• city-data.com - Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Coordinates: 44 ° 29 ′  N , 88 ° 58 ′  W