Janesville, Wisconsin
Janesville, Wisconsin | |
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608 | |
FIPS code | 55-37825 |
Website | www.janesvillewi.gov |
Janesville is the most populous city and the
History
The area that became Janesville was the site of a Ho-Chunk village named Įnį poroporo (Round Rock) up to the time of Euro-American settlement.[6] In the 1825 Treaty of Prairie du Chien, the United States recognized the portion of the present city that lies west of the Rock River as Ho-Chunk territory, while the area east of the river was recognized as Potawatomi land. Following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Black Hawk War of 1832, both nations were forced to surrender this land to the United States.[7][8]
American settlers John Inman, George Follmer, Joshua Holmes, and William Holmes Jr. built a crude log cabin in the region in 1835.
Some of the key settlers hailed from the
Janesville was very active during the Civil War. Local farms sold grains to the Union army, and Rock County was one of the counties in Wisconsin with the highest number of men enlisted.[10] Thomas H. Ruger, of Janesville, served in the war, along with his brothers, Edward, William, and Henry, and he rose to the rank of brigadier general. Ruger later served as military governor of Georgia, and commandant of West Point. He is memorialized at Fort Ruger in Diamond Head, Hawaii.[15]
After the Civil War, Janesville's agriculture continued to surge and a greater demand for new farming technology led to the development of several foundries and farm machine manufacturers in the area, including the Janesville Machine Company, and the Rock River Iron Works. With the boom in the farm service sector and establishment of a rail system, Janesville soon began to ship goods to and from prominent eastern cities, including New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. After decades of rigorous grain farming, the soil quality around Janesville began to degrade. Farmers responded to this by planting tobacco, which became one of the most profitable and prolific crops grown in Wisconsin during the late 19th century.[10]
Another development during the mid-19th century was the establishment of a women's rights movement in Janesville. The movement was founded in the 1850s and continued after the Civil War. One of the key focuses of the group during the 1870s was the Temperance movement.
In the late 1880s, German immigrants began to arrive in Janesville in large numbers (making up less than 5% of the town before this time). They were the largest non-English-speaking group to settle there. Unlike in some other areas, in Janesville, they experienced virtually no hostility or xenophobia. Janesville's founding English-Puritan-descended Yankee population welcomed them with open arms, with many writing back to relatives in Germany enthusiastically. This led to chain migration which increased the German population of the town.[16] Only one German-language newspaper was founded in the town; it was known as The Janesville Journal, and began in 1889, printing for only a few years.[17]
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the
One of the key developments in Janesville's history was the establishment of a
One of the most prominent turns of the century figures in Janesville was
Another important figure in Janesville's history was John Nolen, who was hired by the city in 1919. Nolen was a city planner who saw the Rock River as a focal point for community and park development. His park planning established Janesville as the "City of Parks."[10]
Janesville was the site of the first Wisconsin State Fair in 1851, attended by approximately 10,000 people.[19]
A tree that once stood in downtown Courthouse Park was the site of a lynch mob that, on their second attempt, having been rebuffed by an opposing crowd the day before, hanged a convicted murderer in 1859.[20] Janesville had a "Peace Park" with a playground and a peace pole, which when constructed was the tallest in the world and is now the second tallest.[21]
Janesville developed its first flag in 2015 in a design contest held in Janesville's schools. The flag represents the community's past, present, and future, with 1853 representing the year Janesville was incorporated, four stars symbolizing the city's four original wards, a green background standing for the community's agricultural industry, and black representing both the rich soil for which Janesville is known, and the smoke that billowed from smokestacks as the community developed a manufacturing economy. The tree in the center is the city's logo, representing Janesville's slogan, "Wisconsin’s Park Place."[22]
Geography
According to the
Climate
Like the rest of Wisconsin, the climate is humid continental, but its location is in the transition from warm to warm summers in the eastern and northern part of the state. Nowadays the city is the first choice, i.e. Dfa for Köppen classification where the hot season may not be so comfortable at times, although surges in the outskirts without UHI are in the Dfb zone. The city is at 5a / 5b in the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone.[24]
Climate data for Janesville, Wisconsin, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1987–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 60 (16) |
71 (22) |
83 (28) |
89 (32) |
96 (36) |
101 (38) |
103 (39) |
102 (39) |
96 (36) |
88 (31) |
76 (24) |
67 (19) |
103 (39) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 48.7 (9.3) |
53.0 (11.7) |
68.1 (20.1) |
79.1 (26.2) |
86.9 (30.5) |
92.0 (33.3) |
93.0 (33.9) |
92.1 (33.4) |
89.3 (31.8) |
81.8 (27.7) |
66.1 (18.9) |
52.2 (11.2) |
95.2 (35.1) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 28.3 (−2.1) |
32.4 (0.2) |
44.6 (7.0) |
57.9 (14.4) |
69.9 (21.1) |
79.9 (26.6) |
83.4 (28.6) |
81.7 (27.6) |
75.1 (23.9) |
61.7 (16.5) |
46.3 (7.9) |
33.5 (0.8) |
57.9 (14.4) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 19.9 (−6.7) |
23.5 (−4.7) |
35.0 (1.7) |
47.0 (8.3) |
58.9 (14.9) |
68.9 (20.5) |
72.6 (22.6) |
70.6 (21.4) |
63.0 (17.2) |
50.6 (10.3) |
37.4 (3.0) |
25.8 (−3.4) |
47.8 (8.8) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 11.6 (−11.3) |
14.7 (−9.6) |
25.7 (−3.5) |
36.1 (2.3) |
48.0 (8.9) |
58.0 (14.4) |
61.7 (16.5) |
59.5 (15.3) |
51.0 (10.6) |
39.5 (4.2) |
28.5 (−1.9) |
18.1 (−7.7) |
37.7 (3.2) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | −10.4 (−23.6) |
−6.3 (−21.3) |
5.9 (−14.5) |
22.9 (−5.1) |
34.1 (1.2) |
45.0 (7.2) |
51.6 (10.9) |
49.7 (9.8) |
37.5 (3.1) |
26.4 (−3.1) |
13.3 (−10.4) |
−2.6 (−19.2) |
−14.7 (−25.9) |
Record low °F (°C) | −30 (−34) |
−31 (−35) |
−12 (−24) |
15 (−9) |
27 (−3) |
36 (2) |
45 (7) |
43 (6) |
28 (−2) |
14 (−10) |
−4 (−20) |
−25 (−32) |
−31 (−35) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.63 (41) |
1.61 (41) |
2.06 (52) |
3.57 (91) |
4.09 (104) |
4.99 (127) |
4.19 (106) |
4.34 (110) |
3.73 (95) |
2.99 (76) |
2.33 (59) |
1.90 (48) |
37.43 (950) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 10.8 (27) |
10.1 (26) |
4.1 (10) |
1.3 (3.3) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.51) |
2.4 (6.1) |
7.7 (20) |
36.6 (92.91) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 10.1 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 126.7 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 6.6 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 21.6 |
Source 1: NOAA[25] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: National Weather Service[26] |
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1860 | 7,703 | — | |
1870 | 8,789 | 14.1% | |
1880 | 9,018 | 2.6% | |
1890 | 10,836 | 20.2% | |
1900 | 13,185 | 21.7% | |
1910 | 13,894 | 5.4% | |
1920 | 18,293 | 31.7% | |
1930 | 21,628 | 18.2% | |
1940 | 22,992 | 6.3% | |
1950 | 24,899 | 8.3% | |
1960 | 35,164 | 41.2% | |
1970 | 46,426 | 32.0% | |
1980 | 51,071 | 10.0% | |
1990 | 52,133 | 2.1% | |
2000 | 59,498 | 14.1% | |
2010 | 63,575 | 6.9% | |
2020 | 65,615 | 3.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[27] |
2020 census
As of the
According to the
2010 census
As of the
of any race.Of the 25,828 households, 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 46.6% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals, with 10.6% individuals aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.95.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.8% under the age of 18, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.1 years.
Religion
There are four
The city is also home to other Christian churches including
There are four cemeteries in Janesville: Oakhill, a municipal cemetery,
The
Janesville has a mosque.[35]
Economy
Businesses headquartered in Janesville include
From 1919 until 2008, Janesville was the site of the
The
The
The site of the former Janesville Oasis, known for Bessie, a large fiberglass
Largest employers
As of 2015, the largest employers in the city were:[44]
- Mercy Health System
- Janesville School District
- Rock County
- Blackhawk Technical College
- Data Dimensions Corporation
- Seneca Foods
- City of Janesville
- Prent Corporation
- Blain Supply/Blain's Farm & Fleet
- SSI Technologies, Inc.
- J. P. Cullen and Sons
- Dean Clinic – Janesville East
- Lemans Corporation
- St. Mary's Janesville Hospital
- Bliss Communications
- Chambers & Owen
- Simmons
- Hufcor
- Amtec Corporation
- W.W. Grainger, Inc
Arts and culture
National Register of Historic Places
The 1857
The old Janesville Public Library, located at 64 S. Main Street, was designed by
Hedberg Public Library
The library began in 1865 as a privately supported reading room for the Young Men's Library Association. It became a public library in 1884, and was housed in rented quarters. In 1903, a new building was constructed with $30,000 from Andrew Carnegie and other donors, and $3,000 from the city. In 1968, a new library was built. In 1996, the library was renovated and renamed Hedberg Public Library.[52] The library is part of the Arrowhead Library System.
Sports
In fall 2009, Janesville became home to the Janesville Jets, an expansion team in the North American Hockey League, with games played at the Janesville Ice Arena. The Janesville Cubs, a minor league baseball team affiliated with the Chicago Cubs, was based in Janesville from 1941 to 1942 and 1946 to 1953. They were called the Bears in 1946.
Parks and recreation
Janesville is known as "Wisconsin's Park Place". Its 2,590-acre (10.5 km2) park system includes 64 improved parks, as well as boat launches, golf courses, and nature trails.[53] This is one of the highest acreages per capita in Wisconsin.[54]
Janesville has a public, internationally themed botanical garden,
Traxler Park is home to the Rock Aqua Jays, a water ski team. The RAJ's are the most successful water ski show team in the world with 62 total tournament victories including 19 U.S. National Championships. The team originated and regularly hosts the National Show Ski Championships, and was the host of the first ever World Water Ski Show championship, with teams competing from Australia, Belgium, Canada, and China. Traxler Park is also the site of the city's annual Fourth of July festivities.
Other major parks include Riverside Park, a recreational park along the Rock River including a golf course and a segment of the Ice Age Trail; Rockport Park, largely undeveloped, including the municipal swimming pool and Peace Park; Monterey Park, including the Big Rock, an early natural landmark signaling a good ford of the Rock River (and the namesake of the county, but not the river), as well as a sports stadium used by the school system; Lustig Park, used for a disc golf course; and Palmer Park, which includes a 9-hole golf course and CAMDEN Playground (an accessible play area, considered the largest accessible/integrated playground in the world and the most accessible/integrated playground). Most of the hiking and biking trails in the city are connected to the Ice Age Trail, which will eventually connect to the west with the Sugar River State Trail, north to Milton and Fort Atkinson and east to the Kettle Moraine State Forest.[56]
Janesville also has a nearly 500-acre greenbelt system to provide areas for surface water runoff and habitat for a diversity of plants and animals.
Government
Janesville has had a city manager-council form of government since 1923.[57] The city council consists of seven members, elected at large for two-year terms. The current city council is comprised by: Paul Benson (president), David Marshick (vp), Paul Williams, Aaron Burdick, Michael Jackson, Richard Neeno and Heather Miller.
Janesville is represented by
Mayors of Janesville
Order | Years | Mayor | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1853 | A. Hyatt Smith | |
2 | 1854 | J. Bodwell Doe | |
3 | 1855 | Edward L. Dimock | |
4 | 1856 | John J. R. Pease | |
5 | 1857 | A. Hyatt Smith | 2nd non-consecutive term. |
6 | 1858 | William A. Lawrence | |
7 | 1859 | Sanford Amos Hudson | |
8 | 1860 | Robert Byron Treat | |
9 | 1861 | J. Bodwell Doe | 2nd and 3rd term. |
1862 | |||
10 | 1863 | Robert Byron Treat | 2nd non-consecutive term. |
11 | 1864 | John Mitchell | |
1865 | |||
12 | 1866 | Henry Palmer | |
1867 | |||
13 | 1868 | Alfred Augustus Jackson | |
14 | 1869 | R. A. Loveland | |
15 | 1870 | J. Bodwell Doe | 4th non-consecutive term. |
16 | 1871 | Anson Rogers | |
17 | 1872 | James Sutherland | |
1873 | |||
18 | 1874 | Hiram Merrill | |
19 | 1875 | James W. St. John | |
1876 | |||
20 | 1877 | Pliny Norcross | |
1878 | |||
20 | 1879 | Samuel C. Cobb | |
1880 | |||
21 | 1881 | A. P. Lovejoy | |
1882 | |||
22 | 1883 | James W. St. John | |
23 | 1884 | Alexander Richardson | |
24 | 1885 | John Winans | Resigned in May 1887 |
1886 | |||
1887 | |||
1888 | |||
25 | 1889 | James W. St. John | |
1890 | |||
1891 | |||
26 | 1892 | Oscar D. Rowe | |
27 | 1893 | John Thoroughgood | |
1894 | |||
28 | 1895 | Frank S. Baines | |
1896 | |||
29 | 1897 | John Thoroughgood | |
1898 | |||
30 | 1899 | Victor Pease Richardson | |
1900 | |||
1901 | |||
1902 | |||
31 | 1903 | Agesilaus O. Wilson | died in office |
1904 | |||
32 | James F. Hutchinson | won May special election | |
1905 | |||
1906 | |||
33 | 1907 | Stewart B. Heddles | |
1908 | |||
34 | 1909 | Wilbur F. Carle | |
1910 | |||
35 | 1911 | John C. Nichols | |
36 | 1912 | James A. Fathers | |
1913 | |||
1914 | |||
1915 | |||
1916 | |||
1917 | |||
37 | 1918 | Charles L. Valentine | |
38 | 1919 | Thomas E. Welsh | last mayor |
1920 | |||
1921 | |||
1922 | |||
1923 |
Education
The School District of Janesville[59] has twelve elementary schools, three middle schools, two high schools, and five charter schools. In addition, there are seven parochial elementary and middle schools and one parochial high school.
The
Media
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The Janesville Gazette,[61] owned by Adams Publishing Group, is one of two daily newspapers in Rock County, Wisconsin, (the Beloit Daily News[62] is the other), and serves a regional market stretching into Walworth County. Delavan-based Community Shoppers, Inc. publishes the bi-weekly Janesville Messenger.[63]
Janesville has two television stations licensed to the city: Ion Plus-affiliated WIFS (Channel 57), which has its offices and transmitter in Madison and serves all of south-central Wisconsin, and WDNW-LD (Channel 45), a low-power translator station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Janesville is in the Madison television market and is served by Madison stations WISC (CBS), WMTV (NBC), WKOW (ABC) and WMSN (Fox), and was originally a part of the Rockford television market. Janesville is served by at least five radio stations: WJVL (99.9 FM, Janesville), WSJY (107.3 FM, Fort Atkinson), WWHG (105.9 FM, Evansville), WSLD (104.5 FM, Whitewater), and WCLO (1230 AM, Janesville).
Infrastructure
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Transportation
Buses
Janesville operates a bus system, the
Major highways
Interstate 90/39 passes through Janesville, as does U.S. Hwy 14 and 51 and state Hwy 26 and 11.
Airport
Janesville is served by Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport (KJVL), which provides general aviation and air cargo services. The closest airports with commercial air service are Dane County Regional Airport in Madison and Chicago Rockford International Airport in Rockford, Illinois.
Rail
The city is served by three freight railroads:
Janesville was previously served by Amtrak via the Lake Country Limited route in the early 2000s. The nearest passenger rail is available via the Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line at Harvard, IL 30 miles to the southeast with commuter rail service to Chicago Ogilvie Transportation Center.
Notable people
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Further reading
- Adler, Judith, and Den Adler. Janesville. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.
- Cartwright, Carol L., Scott C. Shaffer, and Randal Waller. City on the Rock River: Chapters of Janesville's History. Janesville, Wis.: Janesville Historic Commission, 1998.
- Dopkins, Dale R. The Janesville Ninety-Nine. Janesville, Wis: D. Dopkins, 1981.
- Goldstein, Amy. Janesville: An American Story. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016.
- Janes, Henry. "Early Reminiscences of Janesville" in Wisconsin Historical Collections, vol. VI. Madison, Wis.: Atwood & Culver, 1872, pp. 426–435.
External links
- Official website
- Janesville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Sanborn fire insurance maps: 1884 1890 1895 1901 1909 1915