Port Washington, Wisconsin
Port Washington Port Washington Pierhead Light, as viewed from Lake Michigan Port Washington Pierhead Light, as viewed from Lake Michigan Port Washington is positioned in Wisconsin Port Washington - Port Washington Port Washington is the governmental center of county of Ozaukee County in the U.S.
The town/city was titled for its natural port, and with respect to first President George Washington. Port Washington includes a postal service with the ZIP code of 53074.
The region that became Port Washington was originally inhabited by the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, and later explored by the French in the late 17th century.
The town of Port Washington was formed in January 1846 and until 1847 encompassed the encircling areas and what is presently Fredonia, Saukville, and Belgium. The City of Port Washington was incorporated with its present name in 1882.
With a natural harbor at the mouth of Sauk Creek, the town/city became a port on Lake Michigan.
Yet immigrants were not often keen to fight, and Germans and Luxembourgers in Port Washington protested the draft.
In November 1862, they burned draft records and vandalized the homes of prominent Port Washington Republicans (the political party of President Abraham Lincoln). In 1896, Delos and Herbert Smith brought their commercial fishing company to Port Washington as that harbor afforded them the use of a steam powered fish tug.
There, the Smith family would call Port Washington home to their family business.
From 1910 through 1935, Port Washington was the home of Paramount Records and other associated record labels.
The Port Washington power plant directed by Wisconsin Electric Power Company, now known as We Energies, was established in the area.
In 1943 the business stated that the Port Washington Plant was "the most efficient steam power plant in the world." The coal-fired plant received shipments of coal primarily by lake boat from its beginnings in 1935 until 2004 when the coal-fired boilers were taken out of service.
The end of coal shipments also ended the use of Port Washington as a commercial port.
Port Washington has the biggest compilation of pre-Civil War buildings in Wisconsin, a several of which are on the National Register of Historic Places. The Port Washington Visitor Center is itself in the historic Edward Dodge House, also known as the "Pebble House." According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.08 square miles (18.34 km2), of which, 5.82 square miles (15.07 km2) is territory and 1.26 square miles (3.26 km2) is water. The town/city is positioned at the mouth of Sauk Creek on Lake Michigan, and contains the 63-acre (250,000 m ) Lake Bluff Park, where Possibility Playground is located. Its average altitude above sea level is 612 feet (187 m).
Downtown Port Washington is close to the level of Lake Michigan (approximately 581 feet above sea level) and contiguous to the marina.
Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve is a large bluffland and wetland county protected region on the shore of Lake Michigan, just south of the city.
There were 4,704 homeholds of which 29.2% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 51.0% were married couples residing together, 8.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.2% were non-families.
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,467 citizens living in Port Washington.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.0% White, 0.7% Black or African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.4% Native American, 0% Pacific Islander, 0.6% from other competitions, and 0.89% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 6.6% under the age of 5, 74.2% aged 18 and over, and 13.2% 65 years and over.
Interstate 43 passes around Port Washington to the city's west and north.
The Ozaukee Interurban Trail, a cycling trail that follows the former interurban rail line, passes through Port Washington as it traverses Ozaukee County.
The Ozaukee County Shared Ride Taxi Service is directed by the county and offers county wide transportation.
Port Washington has one of the biggest charter fishing fleets on the Great Lakes. Shoe manufacturer Allen Edmonds, as well as lawn and garden equipment producer, Simplicity Manufacturing Company, were established in Port Washington.
It also includes the Port Washington Generating Station, a large, gas-fired power plant directed by WEC Energy Group.
Port Washington is served by the Port Washington-Saukville school district.
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"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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Cities in Wisconsin - Luxembourgian-American culture in Wisconsin - Cities in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin - County seats in Wisconsin - Populated places on the Great Lakes - Inland port metros/cities and suburbs of the United States - 1835 establishments in Michigan Territory
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