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Forestville is a village in
Door County Door County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, its population was 30,066. Its seat of government is Sturgeon Bay. It is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. T ...
,
Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
, United States, along the
Ahnapee River The Ahnapee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 river on the Door Peninsula in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. It rises in Door County, W ...
. The population was 482 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Forestville. The village uses the 54213 ZIP code. The Ahnapee State Trail passes through the village on the southwest.


History

Major Joseph McCormick was the first white man to settle in Forestville. He was of Scotch-Irish descent. He won his military title in the Mexican War. He discovered what he thought was a layer of marble. McCormick is responsible for bringing a great many settlers to Forestville. He spoke persuasively of the marble quarries, the water power, and the timber resources. River, Railroad Played Role in "Village of Forests" by Rita Schlise, Door County Advocate, March 22, 1962, section 3k


Geography

Forestville is located at (44.689462, -87.480758). According to the
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, the
village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
has a total area of , all of it land.


Demographics


2010 census

As of the
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of 2010, there were 430 people, 183 households, and 129 families living in the village. The
population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...
was . There were 206 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.1%
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, 0.7% Native American, and 1.2% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 1.9% of the population. There were 183 households, of which 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were
married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.5% were non-families. 24.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.78. The median age in the village was 43.6 years. 20.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.4% were from 25 to 44; 29.1% were from 45 to 64; and 18.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.


2000 census

As of the
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2000, there were 429 people, 181 households, and 120 families living in the village. The
population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...
was 823.7 people per square mile (318.5/km2). There were 202 housing units at an average density of 387.8 per square mile (150.0/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 99.07%
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, 0.70%
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or
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, and 0.23% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population were
Hispanic The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, Hispanic and Latino Americans, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an Ethnici ...
or Latino of any race. There were 181 households, out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were
married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.92. In the village, the population was spread out, with 22.6% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2
males Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilisation. A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to ...
. The median income for a household in the village was $39,167, and the median income for a family was $50,313. Males had a median income of $31,146 versus $19,688 for females. The
per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the village was $16,521. About 1.7% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the
poverty line The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for ...
, including 1.0% of those under age 18 and 23.0% of those age 65 or over.


Climate


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Village of Forestville
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