Antigo, Wisconsin
Antigo Location of Antigo, Langlade County in Wisconsin Location of Antigo, Langlade County in Wisconsin Close-up of Antigo Close-up of Antigo Antigo (/ nt o / an-ti-goh) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The populace was 8,234 at the 2010 census.
Antigo is the center of a farming and lumbering district, and its manufactures consist principally of lumber, chairs, furniture, sashes, doors and blinds, hubs and spokes, and other wood products.
The name "Antigo" comes from the Chippewa Indian name for the river that flows through the area, "Nequi-Antigo-sebi" meaning "spring river" or "evergreen." Deleglise, accompanied by George Eckart. The log cabin in which Deleglise lived is preserved and on display at the Langlade County Historical Society Museum. A street in Antigo also bears his name.
In the early part of the 1900s, Antigo was best known for its sawmills.
On April 24, 2016, a former Antigo High School pupil shot two pupils with a rifle amid prom, wounding both.
Antigo is positioned at 45 8 28 N 89 9 12 W (45.141218, -89.153385), about 160 miles (260 km) northwest of Milwaukee.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.60 square miles (17.09 km2), of which, 6.54 square miles (16.94 km2) is territory and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) is water. Antigo sits on a plateau about 1,500 feet (460 m) above sea level.
The wide expanse of level land, the fine stand of timber and the fertility of the "Antigo Flats" soil soon thriving many settlers.
Today the Antigo Silt Loam soil is the state soil of Wisconsin.
Antigo has a cool humid continental climate (Koppen Dfb).
Annually the temperature drops below 32 F (0 C) on 187 days, and below 0 F ( 17.8 C) on 43 days.
Climate data for Antigo, Wisconsin There were 3,972 housing units at an average density of 607.3 per square mile (234.5/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.1% White, 0.5% African American, 1.4% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.8% from other competitions, and 1.7% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,613 homeholds of which 28.5% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 39.3% were married couples residing together, 12.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 43.3% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 40.6 years.
23.5% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23% were from 25 to 44; 26.2% were from 45 to 64; and 19.1% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 3,938 housing units at an average density of 611.3 per square mile (236.1/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.27% White, 0.30% Black or African American, 0.86% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other competitions, and 0.95% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,630 homeholds out of which 29.3% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 46.0% were married couples residing together, 11.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 21.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $29,548, and the median income for a family was $40,883.
About 10.2% of families and 13.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 15.8% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over.
45 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Antigo then runs south to Shawano, Wisconsin and runs north concurrent with U.S.
WIS 52 travels east to Wabeno, Wisconsin and west to Wausau, Wisconsin.
WIS 64 travels east to Marinette, Wisconsin and west to Merrill, Wisconsin.
Antigo is served by the Langlade County Airport (KAIG).
Located two miles northeast of the city, the airport handles roughly 8,250 operations per year, with approximately 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% military.
Public schools in Antigo are administered by the Antigo Unified School District.
Public schools inside the town/city include: East Elementary School, North Elementary School, West Elementary School, Pleasant View Elementary School, Spring Valley Elementary School, Antigo Middle School, Antigo High School, and AIMS Academy.
In addition, there are two parochial schools in Antigo: Peace Lutheran School(K-8) and All Saints Catholic School (K-8).
Antigo's high school football team won Division 1 state championships in 1976, 1978 and 1982.
From 1920 to 2007, the school won 23 Wisconsin Valley Conference championships and six state titles from 1970 1982, including seven seasons in which the team did not lose a game. The building homed the Antigo Public Library from 1905 to 1997.
The exhibition includes historical artifacts and archives of Langlade County and the City of Antigo. In Antigo and the encircling area recreational activities include fishing, hunting, swimming, snowmobiling.
The Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association is in Antigo.
The Clara R Mc - Kenna Aquatic Center opened in 2005 on the site of Antigo High School, offers Antigo region residents a year-round recreation pool and lap pool.
The Langlade County fairgrounds, positioned in Antigo, has an indoor ice rink in winter and facilities for off-road racing and demolition derbies in summer.
Native prairie grasses and flowers in Antigo Antigo stop on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.
Road sign for Antigo United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Antigo's Pioneer is Dead".
Antigo Centennial, 1876-1976: City of Antigo, Wisconsin.
Antigo: Washington-Penn Publishing Company.
"To Erect Memorial to City's Founder".
"Antigo Honors Founder of City".
John the Evangelist Church, Antigo, Wisconsin: Golden Jubilee, 1880-1930.
Antigo: Berner Brothers, p.
The Langlade County Historical Society-Deleglise Cabin Langlade County Historical Society United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
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