Stockbridge, Wisconsin
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Stockbridge is a village in Calumet County, Wisconsin
Calumet County, Wisconsin
Calumet County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is included in the Appleton, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the county's population was 48,971. The county seat is Chilton.-History:...

, United States
United States
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. The population was 649 in the 2000 census. The village lies within the Town of Stockbridge.

History

Stockbridge is known as "The Sturgeon
Sturgeon
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 Center of the World," and was named after the Stockbridge Indians after they moved here from Stockbridge, New York
Stockbridge, New York
Stockbridge is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 2,080 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from a group of Native Americans.The Town of Stockbridge is located on the eastern border of the county.- History :...

, in the 1830s.

Education

Stockbridge High School had 83 students in the 2005-06 school year. As of 2008, 79 students attend the high school. On December 15, 2005, the school board approved a football
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 program, a golf program, and other sports. The school's sports teams are known as the Stockbridge Indians. The school recently received a bronze medal when ranked by U.S. News and World Report magazine.

Historic places

Calumet County Park is located 4 miles northeast of the city. The park has effigy mound
Effigy mound
Sites in the U.S. of similar history may be found at Indian Mounds ParkAn effigy mound is a raised pile of earth built in the shape of a stylized animal, symbol, religious figure, or human figure. Effigy mounds were only built during the Late Woodland Period .Effigy mounds were constructed in many...

s.

There are two places in Stockbridge listed on the List of Registered Historic Places in Wisconsin: Stockbridge Harbor and Stockbridge Indian Cemetery
Stockbridge Indian Cemetery
The Stockbridge Indian Cemetery is a cemetery north of Stockbridge, Wisconsin. It is located on Moore Road just west of Wisconsin Highway 55. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.-Notable interments:...

.

Notable residents

  • John Wannuaucon Quinney
    John Wannuaucon Quinney
    John Wannuaucon Quinney was a Mahican diplomat, and was nicknamed "The Dish".-Biography:He was a native of the Hudson River Valley in Connecticut but lived in several different places, notably Norwich, Connecticut, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and Oneida, Wisconsin...

    , Stockbridge Indian diplomat, lived in Stockbridge.
  • Glenn P. Turner
    Glenn P. Turner
    Glenn P. Turner was a lawyer from Milwaukee who served one term as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.- Background :...

    , Wisconsin legislator

Geography

Stockbridge is at 44°4′26"N 88°18′57"W (44.074026, -88.316105).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.6 km²).None of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 649 people, 265 households, and 178 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
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 was 196.4 people per square mile (75.9/km²). There were 299 housing units at an average density of 90.5 per square mile (35.0/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.77% White, 0.62% Black or African American
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, 0.15% Native American, 0.15% from other races
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, and 0.31% from two or more races. 0.15% of the population were Hispanic
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 or Latino
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 of any race.

There were 265 households out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.6% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the village the population was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 106.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $48,021, and the median income for a family was $56,094. Males had a median income of $38,359 versus $26,375 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the village was $21,129. About 1.1% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty-five or over.

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