Stoughton, Wisconsin Stoughton, Wisconsin Stoughton is a town/city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.
Stoughton is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Known for its Norwegian heritage, Stoughton hosts a citywide celebration of Syttende Mai, the Norwegian constitution day.
Part of the city's celebration of its Norwegian tradition is the Stoughton Norwegian Dancers dance group, sponsored by Stoughton High School, as well as Norwegian flags and memorabilia displayed throughout the town. Stoughton's sister town/city is Gjovik, Norway.
Stoughton was established in 1847 by Luke Stoughton, an Englishman from Vermont.
Many Norwegian immigrants settled in the town from 1865 through the early 1900s. Stoughton also claims to be the place of birth of the "Coffee Break", and hosts a small annual parade to jubilate the diverse ion.
For much of the history of the area, Stoughton has been the second-largest and economically meaningful city in Dane County after Madison. On August 18, 2005, an F3 tornado cut a 10-mile path athwart non-urban subdivisions and farms north of Stoughton, killing one person and damaging hundreds of homes.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.09 square miles (13.18 km2), of which, 4.92 square miles (12.74 km2) is territory and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2) is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.1% White, 1.4% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 0.4% from other competitions, and 1.5% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,133 homeholds of which 33.6% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 49.3% were married couples residing together, 10.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 35.8% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 39.2 years.
25.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.6% were from 25 to 44; 26.2% were from 45 to 64; and 14.6% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,354 citizens , 4,734 homeholds, and 3,185 families living in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.66% White, 0.92% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.70% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other competitions, and 1.05% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,734 homeholds out of which 37.5% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 53.6% were married couples residing together, 10.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.3% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $47,633, and the median income for a family was $58,543.
Stoughton is incorporated as a town/city and has an voted for mayor and a 12-member town/city council.
The Stoughton Area School District serves the city.
The corporate command posts and semi-trailer manufacturing facility for Stoughton Trailers are positioned in Stoughton, where the business has been locally owned and directed for more than 50 years.
Stoughton plant homes everything from fabrication of subassemblies to final assembly of all Stoughton dry vans.
Stoughton Trailers is one of the biggest truck trailer manufacturing companies in North America, and is the only American business still manufacturing 53-foot-long "intermodal" freight containers used to ship goods internationally. Another large employer in the town/city is Uniroyal Engineered Products, which makes Naugahyde. Stoughton and environs are also home to printers, manufacturers of foodstuffs, chemicals, and sundry other products.
North American Fur Auctions' US offices are based in Stoughton.
Stoughton is positioned on U.S.
City of Stoughton, Media Services Department operates a Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV channel WSTO TV The Stoughton Opera House is a 495-seat venue featuring about 30 travelling musical, comedy and other acts a year.
The coffee break is said to have originated in Stoughton, when the immigrant men became working en masse at T.
The town/city of Stoughton jubilates the coffee break every summer with the Stoughton Coffee Break Festival. The first weekend in December marks Stoughton's Victorian Holiday Weekend, celebrating the city's Victorian homes and commercial buildings.
The weekend closest to May 17, Norwegian Constitution Day, marks Stoughton's Syttende Mai festival.
Stoughton Opera House and City Hall Stoughton, Wisconsin's Main Street from a street view "Stoughton Norwegian Dancers".
"Stoughton Historical Society".
"Stoughton Trailers accuses China of unfair trade practices".
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