Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin
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. 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. 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.
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 22 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 2020 | |||
Notable people
- Phipps W. Lake, Free Will Baptist minister and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Lewis N. Wood, physician and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
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.
- ^ "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.
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