Plover, Wisconsin Plover, Wisconsin is positioned in Wisconsin Plover, Wisconsin - Plover, Wisconsin Location of Plover, Wisconsin Plover is a village in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.
The region that later became Plover was chose as the governmental center of county of Portage in 1844.
The election for the governmental center of county only noted the general locale of an unsettled region around present-day Plover.
The Plover region was platted in 1845, and received a postal service at the same time under the name "Plover Portage". The name of the postal service was changed to "Plover" in 1850. In 1857, State Senator Luther Hanchett of Plover introduced a bill to incorporate the Village of Clayton in the community; he later revised the bill to make the name the Village of Algernon.
That bill passed the Wisconsin Legislature, incorporating the Village of Algernon on March 6, 1857. (Algernon was probably titled for Algernon B.
Crosby, a postmaster in Portage County.) On May 4, 1858, the name of the village was again changed, this time to the Village of Stanton.
The village of Plover was dissolved.
Plover was again incorporated as a village on March 8, 1912 after region residents' approval in an election. This incorporation was not long lived, as Plover was again dissolved on October 7, 1931 after another election. An attempt at re-incorporation floundered in 1965. The populace of the village at that time was 2618. It incorporated about 6.75 square miles (17 km2) of territory, and increased to about 7.25 square miles (19 km2) in 1981, after annexation.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the village has a total region of 10.79 square miles (27.95 km2), of which, 10.35 square miles (26.81 km2) of it is territory and 0.44 square miles (1.14 km2) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 12,123 citizens , 4,948 homeholds, and 3,242 families living in the village.
There were 5,188 housing units at an average density of 501.3 per square mile (193.6/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the village was 92.8% White, 0.5% African American, 0.4% Native American, 3.8% Asian, 1.0% from other competitions, and 1.5% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,948 homeholds of which 32.7% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 52.8% were married couples residing together, 9.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 34.5% were non-families.
The median age in the village was 35.9 years.
25.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.2% were from 25 to 44; 27.5% were from 45 to 64; and 11% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,520 citizens , 3,985 homeholds, and 2,845 families living in the village.
There were 4,133 housing units at an average density of 486.5 per square mile (187.7/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the village was 96.82% White, 0.43% Black or African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.95% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.41% from other competitions, and 0.94% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,985 homeholds out of which 39.5% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 59.9% were married couples residing together, 8.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families.
In the village, the populace was spread out with 28.8% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the village was $51,238, and the median income for a family was $60,146.
About 4.2% of families and 6.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.
"PLOVER, the Unincorporated Village of" in Our County Our Story: Portage County, Wisconsin.
Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Portage County Board of Supervisors, 1959.
Michael Riley, "A History of Plover to 1984".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Plover, Wisconsin Municipalities and communities of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States This populated place also has portions in an contiguous county or counties
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