Spring Prairie is a town in Walworth County,

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, United States. The population was 2,123 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Spring Prairie and Voree are located in the town. The unincorporated communities of Honey Creek and

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are also located partially in the town.

History

Spring Prairie was originally called "Franklin." The name was changed when an early settler suggested naming the settlement after the natural springs that discharged into Spring Brook, a branch of Sugar Creek.Walworth County Historical Society
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Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of 35.8 square miles (92.8 km²), of which, 35.8 square miles (92.6 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.22%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,089 people, 726 households, and 590 families residing in the town. The

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was 58.4 people per square mile (22.6/km²). There were 765 housing units at an average density of 21.4 per square mile (8.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.75%

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, 0.81%

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, 0.38% Native American, 0.19%

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, 0.14% from

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, and 0.72% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.39% of the population. There were 726 households, out of which 37.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.8% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.6% were non-families. 13.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.18. In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $59,583, and the median income for a family was $61,563. Males had a median income of $43,355 versus $25,938 for females. The

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for the town was $22,471. About 1.9% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the

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, including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

* John Bell, legislator * Henry Allen Cooper, U.S. Representative * Walter G. Derthick, legislator *

Jacob Hamblin Jacob Hamblin (April 2, 1819 – August 31, 1886) was a Western pioneer, a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and a diplomat to various Native American tribes of the Southwest and Great Basin. He ...

, explorer, missionary, peacemaker to the Indians of the Southwestern United States * Orris Pratt, farmer and legislator * Samuel Pratt, farmer and legislator * Christian Keyser Preus, educator and Lutheran minister *

Herman Amberg Preus Herman Amberg Preus (June 16, 1825 – July 2, 1894) was an American Lutheran clergyman and church leader. Ordained in 1848, he became a key figure in organizing the Norwegian Synod. Background Herman Amberg Preus was born in Kristiansand, Norw ...

, President of the Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America *

Rollin D. Salisbury Rollin Daniel Salisbury (August 17, 1858 – August 15, 1922) was an American geologist and educator. Biography Salisbury was born at Spring Prairie, Wisconsin in 1858. He studied at University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Whitewater State Nor ...

, geologist

References

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