Walworth County is a county located in the

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,478. Its

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is Elkhorn. The county was created in 1836 from

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and organized in 1839. It is named for Reuben H. Walworth. Walworth County comprises the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the

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- Racine- Waukesha, WI

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. Lake Geneva, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and Alpine Valley Resort, and Music Theatre are located in Walworth County.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.7%) is water.

Transportation

Major highways

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* U.S. Highway 12 * U.S. Highway 14 *

Highway 11 (Wisconsin) State Trunk Highway 11 (often called Highway 11, STH-11 or WIS 11) is a state highway running east–west across southern Wisconsin. The highway connects Dubuque, Iowa with the cities of Janesville, Racine and Elkhorn. Most of the route i ...

* Highway 20 (Wisconsin) * Highway 36 (Wisconsin) * Highway 50 (Wisconsin) *

Highway 59 (Wisconsin) State Trunk Highway 59 (often called Highway 59, STH-59 or WIS 59) is a state highway that runs east–west in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin from Milwaukee to Monroe. Route description The highway starts at WIS 11 i ...

* Highway 67 (Wisconsin) * Highway 83 (Wisconsin) * Highway 89 (Wisconsin) * Highway 120 (Wisconsin)

Railroads

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East Troy Electric Railroad The East Troy Electric Railroad is an interurban Heritage railway, heritage railroad owned and operated by the East Troy Railroad Museum. Passenger excursions run on a stretch of track from East Troy, Wisconsin, East Troy to Mukwonago, Wiscons ...

Union Pacific The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pac ...

* Wisconsin and Southern Railroad

Buses

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Airport

East Troy Municipal Airport , serves the county and surrounding communities

Adjacent counties

Waukesha County Waukesha County () is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 406,978, making it the third-most populous county in Wisconsin. Its county seat and largest city is Waukesha. Waukesha Co ...

(northeast) * Racine County (east) * Kenosha County (east) * McHenry County, Illinois (southeast) *

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(southwest) * Rock County (west) * Jefferson County (northwest)

Demographics

2020 census

As of the census of 2020, the population was 106,478. The

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was . There were 53,146 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 85.4%

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, 1.1%

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, 1.0% Asian, 0.4% Native American, 4.6% from

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, and 7.4% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 11.8%

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or Latino of any race.

2000 census

At the 2000 census there were 93,759 people, 34,522 households, and 23,267 families in the county. The population density was 169 people per square mile (65/km²). There were 43,783 housing units at an average density of 79 per square mile (30/km²). The

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of the county was 94.49% White, 0.84% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.62% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. 6.54% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 34,522 households 31.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.40% were married couples living together, 8.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.60% were non-families. 24.70% of households were one person and 9.20% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.07. The age distribution was 24.20% under the age of 18, 13.80% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 12.70% 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.20 males. In 2017, there were 918 births, giving a general fertility rate of 48.8 births per 1000 women aged 15–44, the sixth lowest rate out of all 72 Wisconsin counties.

Communities

Cities

* Burlington (mostly in Racine County) * Delavan * Elkhorn (county seat) * Lake Geneva * Whitewater (partly in Jefferson County)

Villages

* Bloomfield * Darien * East Troy * Fontana-on-Geneva Lake * Genoa City (partly in Kenosha County) * Mukwonago (mostly in

) * Sharon * Walworth * Williams Bay

Towns

* Bloomfield * Darien * Delavan * East Troy *

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* La Grange * Linn * Lyons * Richmond * Sharon * Spring Prairie * Sugar Creek *

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* Walworth * Whitewater

Census-designated places

* Como * Delavan Lake * Lake Ivanhoe * Lake Lorraine * Lauderdale Lakes * Potter Lake * Springfield * Turtle Lake

Unincorporated communities

* Abells Corners * Adams * Allen's Grove * Bardwell * Big Foot Prairie (partial) * Bowers * East Delavan * Fairfield (partial) * Inlet * Heart Prairie * Hilburn * Honey Creek *

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(partial) * La Grange * Lake Beulah * Lake Como * Lake Lawn * Lauderdale * Lauderdale Shores * Linton * Little Prairie * Lyons * Millard * North Bloomfield * Pell Lake * Powers Lake * Richmond * Spring Prairie * Tibbets *

* Troy Center * Voree * Zenda

Ghost towns

* Army Lake * Mayhews

Politics

Owing to its

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heritage, which contrasts with the

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or Scandinavian-American character of most of Wisconsin, Walworth County was initially a stronghold of the

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.Fowler, Robert Booth; ''Wisconsin Votes: An Electoral History, Volume 3'', p. 11 It voted for

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and John P. Hale in Wisconsin's first two presidential elections,Beckwith, Albert Clayton; ''History of Walworth County, Wisconsin'' pp. 98-99 Published 1912 by B.F. Bowen and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana and its opposition to the spread of slavery meant it became Republican in subsequent elections, even resisting the appeal of Wisconsin native Robert La Follette when he carried the state in 1924.See Phillips, Kevin P.; ''The Emerging Republican Majority'', pp. 441-442 Walworth County remains strongly Republican. The only Democrat to carry the county was

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in 1912, who won 36 percent of the vote. Even with the GOP mortally divided between President

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and

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, Wilson only won the county by 29 votes. The best Democratic showings since then have been by Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and

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in 2008, both of whom received around 48 percent.

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and

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are the only other Democrats since Wilson to cross the 40 percent mark, though Joe Biden came very close in 2020.

Education

School districts include: -

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/ref> K-12: * Burlington Area School District * Clinton Community School District * Delavan-Darien School District * East Troy Community School District * Elkhorn Area School District *

Mukwonago School District Mukwonago is a village in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 8,262 at the 2020 census. The village is located mostly within the Town of Mukwonago in Waukesha County, with a small portion extending into the Town of East Troy in W ...

* Palmyra-Eagle Area School District * Whitewater School District * Williams Bay School District Secondary: * Big Foot Union High School District * Lake Geneva-Genoa City Union High School District Elementary: * Fontana Joint No. 8 School District * Geneva Joint No. 4 School District * Genoa City Joint No. 2 School District * Lake Geneva Joint No. 1 School District *

Linn Joint No. 4 School District Linn may refer to: People * Linn (surname) * Linn (given name) * Linn da Quebrada, stage name of Brazilian singer, actress, screenwriter and television personality Lina Pereira dos Santos (born 1990) Places Germany * Linn (Gangkofen), a part of ...

Linn Joint No. 6 School District Linn may refer to: People * Linn (surname) * Linn (given name) * Linn da Quebrada, stage name of Brazilian singer, actress, screenwriter and television personality Lina Pereira dos Santos (born 1990) Places Germany * Linn (Gangkofen), a part of ...

* Sharon Joint No. 11 School District * Walworth Joint No. 1 School District Wisconsin School for the Deaf, a state-operated school, is in the county.

References

External links

Walworth County

Walworth County map
from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Travel Guide for Lake Geneva and Walworth County, WI

Combination Atlas Map, 1873
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