Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin

Census-designated place in Wisconsin, United States

42°29′43″N 88°35′57″W / 42.49528°N 88.59917°W / 42.49528; -88.59917Country

United StatesState

WisconsinCountyWalworthTownWalworthArea

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• Total0.032 sq mi (0.08 km²) • Land0.032 sq mi (0.08 km²) • Water0.0 sq mi (0 km²)Elevation

955 ft (291 m)Population

(2020)

• Total22 • Density687.5/sq mi (265.4/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP Code

53184 (Walworth)

Area codes262FIPS code55-07315GNIS feature ID2807534^[2]

Big Foot Prairie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It was named a CDP for the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 22.^[3] It is located in the Town of Walworth along U.S. Highway 14, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the Village of Walworth.^[4] The community of Big Foot Prairie extends south into McHenry County, Illinois, where there is a CDP of the same name in Chemung Township.

History

The community is named for Big Foot, a Potawatomi leader who resided on nearby Kishwauketoe (today known as Geneva Lake) until his band was forcibly removed by the United States in 1836. It once had a post office, which opened on May 15, 1848.^[5]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	22		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[6] 2020^[3]

Notable people

Phipps W. Lake, Free Will Baptist minister and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly^[7]
Lewis N. Wood, physician and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly^[8]

References

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ "Big Foot Prairie Census Designated Place, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ^a ^b "Big Foot Prairie CDP, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation (2011). Walworth Co. (PDF) (Map). 1:100,000. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
^ Callary, Edward (2009). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 425.
^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
^ Beckwith, Albert Clayton (1912). "Biographical Sketch of Phipps Waldo Lake". History of Walworth County, Wisconsin. Vol. II. B.F. Bowen & Company. pp. 936–938.
^ History of Walworth County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1882. p. 807. Retrieved June 21, 2015.