Germantown, Wisconsin
Germantown | ||
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ZIP code 53022[3] | ||
Area code | 262 | |
FIPS code | 55-28875 | |
Website | village |
Germantown is a village in
Geography
Germantown is located at 43°13′23″N 88°7′13″W / 43.22306°N 88.12028°W (43.223206, −88.120433).[7]
According to Wisconsin First Nations (a Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction resource), Germantown is located on Potawatomi treaty land.[8] The village also falls within the lands of the Peoria, Menominee, Miami, and Sioux Indigenous peoples, as shown by Canadian not-for-profit organization Native Land Digital.[9]
The United States Census Bureau indicates Germantown has a total area of 34.45 square miles (89.23 km2), of which, 34.42 square miles (89.15 km2) of it is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) is water.[10]
Climate
Climate data for Germantown, Wisconsin (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1944–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 58 (14) |
72 (22) |
83 (28) |
89 (32) |
93 (34) |
99 (37) |
104 (40) |
102 (39) |
99 (37) |
89 (32) |
77 (25) |
67 (19) |
104 (40) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 27.3 (−2.6) |
30.7 (−0.7) |
41.9 (5.5) |
54.2 (12.3) |
66.3 (19.1) |
76.3 (24.6) |
80.8 (27.1) |
79.1 (26.2) |
72.2 (22.3) |
59.2 (15.1) |
45.1 (7.3) |
33.0 (0.6) |
55.5 (13.1) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 19.3 (−7.1) |
22.1 (−5.5) |
32.8 (0.4) |
44.2 (6.8) |
55.6 (13.1) |
65.3 (18.5) |
70.1 (21.2) |
68.4 (20.2) |
61.1 (16.2) |
48.9 (9.4) |
36.4 (2.4) |
25.4 (−3.7) |
45.8 (7.7) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 11.3 (−11.5) |
13.5 (−10.3) |
23.7 (−4.6) |
34.2 (1.2) |
44.9 (7.2) |
54.3 (12.4) |
59.5 (15.3) |
57.7 (14.3) |
49.9 (9.9) |
38.7 (3.7) |
27.8 (−2.3) |
17.9 (−7.8) |
36.1 (2.3) |
Record low °F (°C) | −40 (−40) |
−28 (−33) |
−20 (−29) |
7 (−14) |
20 (−7) |
23 (−5) |
36 (2) |
33 (1) |
22 (−6) |
8 (−13) |
−15 (−26) |
−25 (−32) |
−40 (−40) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.57 (40) |
1.44 (37) |
1.90 (48) |
3.84 (98) |
3.95 (100) |
4.37 (111) |
3.92 (100) |
3.80 (97) |
3.22 (82) |
2.64 (67) |
2.00 (51) |
1.73 (44) |
34.38 (873) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 16.5 (42) |
16.0 (41) |
6.5 (17) |
2.0 (5.1) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.3 (0.76) |
2.4 (6.1) |
10.3 (26) |
54.3 (138) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 9.7 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 124.7 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 7.0 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 24.7 |
Source: NOAA[11][12] |
History
The land that became Germantown was originally inhabited by members of the Potawatomi tribe. The Potawatomi surrendered the land that became Germantown to the United States Federal Government in 1833 through the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, which (after being ratified in 1835) required them to leave Wisconsin by 1838.[13][14] While many Native people moved west of the Mississippi River to Kansas, some chose to remain or return after temporarily settling in the west, and were referred to as "strolling Potawatomi" in contemporary documents because many of them were migrants who subsisted by squatting on their ancestral lands, which were now owned by White settlers. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Potawatomi who evaded forced removal gathered in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where many worked in the timber industry and formed the Forest County Potawatomi Community.[15]
The community was originally designated as the
The territorial legislature created the Town of Germantown on January 21, 1846, and the first town meeting was on April 7 of the same year.[20] The town included the then-unincorporated communities of Dheinsville, Goldenthal, Kuhberg (later known as Victory Center), Meeker Hill, Rockfield, South Germantown, and Willow Creek.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Germantown's economy relied heavily on agriculture, including dairy farming. The southern part of Germantown is rich in
In 1927, South Germantown incorporated as the Village of Germantown out of some of the town's land[16] but was significantly smaller than it is in the 21st century.
From July 1944 until January 1946, the hamlet of Rockfield in present-day Germantown was the site of Camp Rockfield, an Allied
In 1963, Milwaukee annexed a small parcel in the southeastern part of the Town of Germantown to expand a landfill. Residents feared that Milwaukee would soon annex more of the town. As a defensive measure, the Village of Germantown annexed all of the surrounding unincorporated hamlets, which became neighborhoods of the village. At the time of the 1963 annexation, Germantown grew to an area of approximately 24 square miles.[24] The village has subsequently annexed most of the town's land, and now has an area of over 34 square miles.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1930 | 255 | — | |
1940 | 292 | 14.5% | |
1950 | 357 | 22.3% | |
1960 | 622 | 74.2% | |
1970 | 6,974 | 1,021.2% | |
1980 | 10,729 | 53.8% | |
1990 | 13,658 | 27.3% | |
2000 | 18,260 | 33.7% | |
2010 | 19,749 | 8.2% | |
2020 | 20,917 | 5.9% |
2020 census
As of the census[2] of 2020, there were 20,917 people. Owner occupied housing is 76.7% with a median value of houses reaching $274,900. The median household income in Germantown is $89,100.
2010 census
As of the
There were 7,766 households, of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.5% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.2% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.03.
The median age in the village was 41.7 years. 25.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24% were from 25 to 44; 30.7% were from 45 to 64; and 13.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.
2000 census
As of the
of any race.There were 6,904 households, out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.9% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 27.1% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 33.7% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.3 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $60,742, and the median income for a family was $68,975. Males had a median income of $47,123 versus $31,400 for females. The
Education
Germantown schools are operated by the Germantown School District. The district comprises four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, and has about 3,019 students as of October 20, 2008.
High school
Middle school
- Kennedy Middle School
Elementary schools
- Amy Belle Elementary
- County Line Elementary
- MacArthur Elementary
- Rockfield Elementary
Bethlehem Lutheran School, a grade school of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, has their North Campus in Germantown.[26]
Notable people
- Jesse Kremer, politician and firefighter
- Jacob Leicht, politician and farmer
- John F. Schwalbach, politician and businessman
- Jesse Thielke, Greco-Roman wrestler at the 2016 Summer Olympics
References
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- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ US Census Bureau, 2020 Report, Quick Facts: Germantown village, Wisconsin https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/germantownvillagewisconsin
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- ^ "Wisconsin First Nations Treaty Map". Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
- ^ "Native Land". Native Land Digital. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ "NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ "Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
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