Lancaster, Wisconsin

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Lancaster is the county seat of Grant County^GR6, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 4,070.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 School athletics
4 Notes
5 Lancaster, Wisconsin Information and Contacts
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Geography

Lancaster is located at 42°50′55″N, 90°42′38″W (42.848505, -90.710430)^GR1. Lancaster is located in the unglaciated "Driftless Area" of southwest Wisconsin whose topography is strikingly different from that of the rest of the state.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.3 km² (2.8 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 4,070 people, 1,706 households, and 1,079 families residing in the city. The population density was 557.2/km² (1,441.1/mi²). There were 1,799 housing units at an average density of 246.3/km² (637.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.24% White, 0.07% African American, 0.29% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 0.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.42% of the population.

Grant County Courthouse, Lancaster, Wisconsin

There were 1,706 households out of which 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.8% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.7% were non-families. 31.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.5% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,723, and the median income for a family was $47,500. Males had a median income of $30,683 versus $22,331 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,797. About 6.4% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.9% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] School athletics

Coach John Hoch has led Lancaster High's football team, the "Flying Arrows," to 6 state titles since 1993. The Arrows' dominance has come only recently, with the team winning 5 of the titles since 2000.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001 the Associated Press named Hoch "state coach of the year"^[1], and the Green Bay Packers/Wisconsin Football Coaches Association named him "prep football coach of the year."^[2]^[3]. In 2003, he was one of eight people to be inducted into the UW-River Falls Athletic Hall of Fame^[4].

[edit] Notes

Justice in the Grant County Courthouse

Major G.M. Price, a land speculator, laid out the town in 1837. He was persuaded to name it Lancaster by a relative who emigrated from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. At Pleasant Ridge, one of the first Afro-American communities in Wisconsin was founded by the Shepard family in 1849 and settled in the 1850s. Lancaster was the home of the first Governor of Wisconsin, Nelson Dewey. Lancaster calls itself "The City of the Dome" after the octagonal glass and copper-clad dome of its courthouse building (illustrated, right above), which was designed by Armand Koch and built in 1905. In the spandrels of the courthouse dome are four allegorical murals (illustration, left) painted by Franz Edward Rohrbeck.

Post Office mural

The Municipal Building (1922) is an example of Prairie School early modern architecture, which has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The post office contains a Depression-era mural, painted under the Works Progress Administration program in the 1930s (illustration, right).

The stone and wood Patrick Kinney house (1951) in Lancaster was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, one of forty-five Wright structures in Wisconsin.

[edit] Lancaster, Wisconsin Information and Contacts

Lancaster City Hall 206 S. Madison Street Lancaster, WI 53813-1799 Phone: (608) 723-4246 FAX: (608) 723-4789

Lancaster Area Chamber of Commerce 206 S. Madison St., PO Box 292 Lancaster, WI 53813 Phone: (608) 723-2820 Fax: (608) 723-7409 E-mail: lanchamber@pcii.net

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