Fond du Lac (town), Wisconsin
Town of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin | |
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Coordinates: 43°45′24″N 88°26′40″W / 43.75667°N 88.44444°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wisconsin |
County | Fond du Lac |
Area | |
• Total | 20.9 sq mi (54.2 km2) |
• Land | 19.9 sq mi (51.4 km2) |
• Water | 1.1 sq mi (2.8 km2) |
Elevation | 787 ft (240 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,687[1] |
• Density | 189.8/sq mi (73.19/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 920 |
FIPS code | 55-26300[3] |
GNIS feature ID | 1583209[2] |
Fond du Lac is a town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States, first settled in 1836. The population was 3,687 at the 2020 census.[4] The name is French for "bottom of the lake", from its location at the south end of Lake Winnebago.
Geography
[edit]According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 20.9 square miles (54.2 km2), of which, 19.9 square miles (51.4 km2) of it is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2) of it (5.16%) is water.
Town Government
[edit]Jeff Montsma – Town Chairman
Jess Allender – Town Supervisor
Jennifer Janeczko – Town Supervisor
Eric Kaufman – Town Supervisor
David G. Washkoviak – Town Supervisor
Patti S. Supple – Town Clerk
Brenda Post - Town Treasurer
Dean Birschbach - Fire Chief
Education
[edit]The town is the location of the University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac, Marian University, and the Moraine Park Technical College. It is near the Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area and the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge.
Culture
[edit]Fond du Lac is mentioned as a place visited in Hank Snow's 1959 hit I've Been Everywhere, famously covered by Johnny Cash.
References
[edit]- ^ https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=Fond%20du%20Lac%20town,%20Wisconsin
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=Fond%20du%20Lac%20town,%20Wisconsin