Mukwonago, Wisconsin

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Mukwonago River

Mukwonago is a village in Wisconsin. As of the 2004 census, the village population was 8,519. The village is located mostly within the Town of Mukwonago in Waukesha County. A small portion extends into the Town of East Troy in the adjacent Walworth County.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Brief history
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Mukwonago is located at 42°51′52″N, 88°19′50″W (42.864557, -88.330619)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 12.5 km² (4.8 mi²). 12.1 km² (4.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (2.90%) is water.

It is situated at the southwestern flank of the sprawling Vernon Marsh, and encircles Upper and Lower Phantom Lake(s). The lakes lie midway along the Mukwonago River from its source springs to its meeting with the Fox River, which travels further southeast through Big Bend and beyond.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 6,162 people, 2,392 households, and 1,705 families residing in the village. The population density was 507.3/km² (1,313.3/mi²). There were 2,502 housing units at an average density of 206.0/km² (533.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.21% White, 0.19% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.29% from other races, and 0.70% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.90% of the population.

There were 2,392 households out of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the village the population was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $56,250, and the median income for a family was $64,354. Males had a median income of $45,824 versus $28,333 for females. The per capita income for the village was $23,993. About 2.6% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.7% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Brief history

The area was originally a Native American village and the tribal seat of the Bear Clan of the Potowatomi Indians. The actual name "Mukwonago" is derived from "mequanego" which literally tranlates to Place of Killing the Bear. The village, however, promotes and maintains the slogan to be a more docile translation — "Place of the Bear". The city name of Mukwonago was adopted in 1844 due to the similarity to Mequon, since this was before the zip code days. Many of the streets and roads are named after their founders, such as Ira Blood, Sewall Andrews, and Thomas Sugden.

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