Reedsburg, Wisconsin
Reedsburg is positioned in Wisconsin Reedsburg - Reedsburg Location inside the state of Wisconsin State Wisconsin Reedsburg is a town/city in Sauk County, Wisconsin, along the Baraboo River.
The town/city is surrounded by the Town of Reedsburg.
At a place 55 miles northeast of Mineral Point (the capital of Wisconsin Territory), long identified by the Winnebago who inhabited these lands as a convenient place to cross the Baraboo River, Babb left a flat-bottomed boat to help move supplies.
By 1850, "Shanty Row" comprised five tamarack shanties. Reedsburg was platted in 1852, and four years later the improve had grown to 50 buildings housing 27 families and 122 citizens . The improve continued under town government until 1868, when Reedsburg was incorporated as a village; it became a town/city in May 1887. The Chicago & North Western Railway (C&NW) appeared in 1872. In 1880, the Reedsburg Brewing Company was formed. Other industries followed.
The Reedsburg Woolen Mill, long one of the area's biggest employers, railroaduntil 1967; most of the foundry complex burned in April 1968, leaving only the foundry office. Also meaningful has been the Hankscraft Company.
It was the town's second biggest employer, exceeded only by the Reedsburg Woolen Mill. In 1996, Gerber Products Company sold Hankscraft Motors, which continues to operate in Reedsburg.
In 1993, 22 miles of the C&NW rail line between Reedsburg and Elroy became the Wisconsin 400 State Trail, a hiking/biking trail titled for the traveler rail line that was said to travel the 400 miles between Chicago and Minneapolis/St.
Paul in 400 minutes. In 2011, Reedsburg became home of the annual "Fermentation Fest: A Live Culture Convergence," a ten-day celebration of agriculture, food and farming that attracts over 10,000 participants.
Reedsburg is positioned at 43 32 1 N 90 0 10 W (43.533854, -90.002902). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.93 square miles (15.36 km2), of which 5.83 square miles (15.10 km2) is territory and 0.10 square miles (0.26 km2) is water. The Baraboo River flows through the city.
Reedsburg is 12 miles southwest of the Wisconsin Dells along the Baraboo River, with scenic views of the Baraboo Range to the south.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.3% White, 0.6% African American, 1.0% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 1.6% from other competitions, and 1.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,795 homeholds of which 34.5% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 46.0% were married couples residing together, 11.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.9% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 35.7 years.
27% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.2% were from 25 to 44; 22.4% were from 45 to 64; and 14.9% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.44% White, 0.17% Black or African American, 0.79% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.61% from other competitions, and 0.78% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,193 homeholds out of which 32.9% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 49.1% were married couples residing together, 9.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 36.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 5.5% of families and 7.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.
The town/city is managed by a part-time town/city administrator and a full-time town/city clerk-treasurer. The town/city is served by the Reedsburg Municipal Airport (C35).
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