Juda, Wisconsin
Juda is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Jefferson, in Green County, Wisconsin, United States. Juda is 5 miles east of Monroe along Wisconsin State Highway 11, and 81. As of the 2010 census, its population was 357. Juda is a part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
On March 30, 1967, nine students from Juda's Union High School, all girls, were killed when a Delta Air Lines DC-8 jet crashed into the motel where they had been staying during a senior class trip to New Orleans, Louisiana.
Education
- The Juda School District is located in Juda.
Notable people
- Charle Newman, baseball player
- Gabriel Zophy, Wisconsin politician
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Juda, Wisconsin
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
- ^ "18 Killed as Jet Rips Motel, Sets Fires", Chicago Tribune, March 31, 1967, p1
- ^ http://www.judaschool.com/ Juda School District webpage