Neshkoro, Wisconsin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Neshkoro is a village in Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 453 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Neshkoro.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 History
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Neshkoro is located at 43°57′49″N, 89°13′0″W (43.963867, -89.216712)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 6.3 km² (2.5 mi²). 6.1 km² (2.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (3.67%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 453 people, 185 households, and 130 families residing in the village. The population density was 74.1/km² (191.7/mi²). There were 219 housing units at an average density of 35.8/km² (92.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.12% White, 0.66% Asian, and 0.22% from two or more races. 0.66% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 185 households out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.4% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.78.

In the village the population was spread out with 21.2% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 24.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $39,167, and the median income for a family was $43,661. Males had a median income of $27,391 versus $19,583 for females. The per capita income for the village was $17,206. About 5.8% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.0% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] History

According to an article written in the Waushara Argus, Neshkoro in Marquette County was founded in 1848. The unusual thing about this town was that it was platted by a woman, Helen Maria White, with the help of her brother Ebenezer Dakin. The two had traveled there from New York State and are the first known white settlers to make their campsite at the spot where the St. James Catholic Church was built in the later 1880's. This area along with the banks of what was named the White River had been an Indian reservation and was then considered Indian land.

According to old histories written for school assignments, White and Dakin built a two room log cabin with an attic loft. There is no word what ultimately happened to the two, but it is suspected they moved further west as the area became more populated with the arrival of more people, such as many Scotch and Irish people moved into the area, around 1855.

The present village of Neshkoro was platted in 1852 by White and Dakin's two additions to the plat added three years earlier. The 1852 plat taken from the record book in the Marquette County Courthouse at Montello shows Bluff, Park, Pearl, and Berlin Streets; church lots No. 1 and No. 2; a school lot; a public square; and building lots. The new community was first called Dakinsville for Ebenezer. It was also at one time called "Whiskey Corners" for the number of stills in the area, as there were no restraining laws.