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Lancaster. Contea di Grant – Mappa. Sito istituzionale. Modifica dati su Wikidata · Manuale. La contea di Grant (in inglese, Grant County) è una contea dello Stato del Wisconsin, negli Stati Uniti. La popolazione al censimento del 2000 era di 49 597 abitanti. Il capoluogo di contea è Lancaster .
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Indian presence
What is now Grant County was largely uninhabited prior to contact with Europeans, as it was a border region between the territories of the Kickapoo, Menominee, and Illinois tribes. The only Native Americans to have a permanent settlement in the area were the Fox tribe, who had a temporary village in what is now the extreme northeast of the county during the mid-1700s.
Colonial period
Between 1520 and 1620 this area was nominally ruled by Spain, although the lack of explorers left the region completely untouched by Spanish authority. The first Frenchmen to reach what is now Grant County were Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, who explored the region in the spring of 1673, after setting out from what would later become Green Bay. No permanent settlement was made. In 1680 Louis Hennepin also passed through the region that would later become Grant County, also making no perm...
American period
In 1783, the British government acknowledged the jurisdiction of the United States over the land east of the Mississippi River, including what is now Grant County. American and European traders visiting the region over the next decades were yet as nomadic as the Indians, and no records survive. Grant County was created as part of Wisconsin Territory in 1837.It was named after an Indian trader; his first name, origins, and eventual fate are all unknown.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,183 square miles (3,060 km2), of which 1,147 square miles (2,970 km2) is land and 36 square miles (93 km2) (3.1%) is water.
2020 census
As of the census of 2020, the population was 51,938. The population density was 45.3 people per square mile (17.5 people/km2). There were 22,110 housing units at an average density of 19.3 units per square mile (7.5 units/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 93.8% White, 1.3% Black or African American, 0.8% Asian, 0.2% Native American, 1.0% from other races, and 2.8% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 2.4% Hispanic or Latinoof any race.
2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 49,597 people, 18,465 households, and 12,390 families residing in the county. The population density was 43 people per square mile (17 people/km2). There were 19,940 housing units at an average density of 17 units per square mile (6.6 units/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 98.23% White, 0.52% Black or African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.14% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. 0.56% of the...
The Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF), a Wisconsin Department of Corrections prison for men, is located in Boscobelin Grant County.
Grant County has been a reliably Republican county at the federal level for most of its existence. Starting in 1992 however, it voted for the Democratic candidate for president six elections in a row before shifting back to the GOP in 2016.
Cities
1. Boscobel 2. Cuba City (partly in Lafayette County) 3. Fennimore 4. Lancaster(county seat) 5. Platteville
Census-designated places
1. Glen Haven 2. Kieler 3. Sandy Hook
Ghost towns/neighborhoods
1. Pleasant Ridge 2. Sinnipee 3. Fair Play Fair play was founded by a prospector, rather than a farmer or logger, and within two years the prospector found ore, the settlement was built on the corner of Hwy 11 and Sandy Hook Road, the place was rather rowdy and fights based in greed was not uncommon, the place got it's moniker when a violent fight broke out and one contender did not carry weapon, but the other man did, and thus the crowd started chanting 'Fair Play! Fair Play! Fair Play!' unt...
Willard H. Burney, member of the Nebraska House of RepresentativesB. W. Countryman, member of the South Dakota House of RepresentativesJohn Lewis Dyer, Methodist circuit rider missionary in Minnesota and Colorado; leadminer in Grant County prior to 1848William Garner Waddel, member of the South Dakota Senate- 1837
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Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera Grant è un comune degli Stati Uniti , situato in Wisconsin , nella Contea di Monroe . Quick facts: Grant town, Localizzazione, Stato, Stato fede...
