Everything about Sauk City Wisconsin totally explained
Sauk City is a village in
Sauk County,
Wisconsin,
United States. The population was 3,109 at the 2000 census. It was founded by
Ágoston Haraszthy and his business partner Robert Bryant. The city is next to
Prairie du Sac; together, these
twin cities are referred to as
Sauk Prairie.
Geography
Sauk City is located at (43.274130, -89.728310). It is on
U.S. Highway 12, approximately 18 miles northwest of suburban
Madison.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.6
square miles (4.1
km²), of which, 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²) of it's land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (6.88%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 3,109 residents, 1,285 households, and 796 families residing in the village. The
population density was 2,078.0 people per square mile (800.3/km²). There were 1,314 housing units at an average density of 878.3/sq mi (338.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.01%
White, 0.39%
African American, 0.23%
Native American, 0.19%
Asian, 1.45% from
other races, and 0.74% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 3.76% of the population.
There were 1,285 households out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were
married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.0% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 24.2% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $36,378, and the median income for a family was $45,156. Males had a median income of $29,908 versus $22,996 for females. The
per capita income for the village was $17,705. About 10.0% of families and 12.5% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 18.4% of those under age 18 and 17.6% of those age 65 or over.
History
Impressed by the beautiful scenery, Count
Agoston Haraszthy first purchased a small plot along the Wisconsin river, later (with his partner Robert Bryant), bought 10,000 acres (40 km²) for a town site and founded the town of Haraszthy.
(External Link
) The village was later renamed to Sauk City.
German immigrants founded the Sauk City Freethinker's Society (
Freie Gemeinde) in 1852. This group, a liberal religious society, also celebrated German music, literature and culture. It met in a private home until 1884, when Park Hall was built as a meeting house. The building is now home to the Sauk County Free Congregation, a Unitarian Universalist fellowship.
In the
Harper's Weekly magazine of November 21, 1914, Sauk City was named "America's Foremost City." The article cites a pageant, attended by 4000 people, which enacted scenes from the village's history, and concluded with the naming of the school principal as the Civic Secretary, charged with making the school the center of the life of the town. To that end, the ballot box was transferred from the town hall to the school house.
Other Information
Sauk City is adjacent to
Prairie du Sac, located directly to the north. Both communities are located on the west bank of the
Wisconsin River. They share a municipal boundary, as well as schools, a police department, and a hospital, but have separate fire departments and libraries. Efforts have been made to join the two cities into a single entity,
Sauk Prairie, but these have failed because of tax differences between the communities.
While they remain separate villages, Sauk City and Prairie du Sac share a school system - Sauk Prairie school system. Sauk Prairie High School's mascot is the eagle, so named because of the population of eagles found on the Wisconsin River adjacent to Sauk Prairie.
Economy
Sauk City is the site of the first
Culver's restaurant which opened
July 18,
1984. Culver's corporate headquarters are located at Sauk City's "twin village" of Prairie du Sac.
Sauk City is also where
Jacob Leinenkugel of the Leinenkugel's Brewing Company was born and raised.
Notable residents
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