Ahnapee ( )MissPronouncer.com: A Halfway Decent Audio Pronunciation Guide for Wisconsin /ref> is a
town
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in
Kewaunee County
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,
Wisconsin
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unincorporated community
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located at the intersection of Fremont Street and Willow Drive west of Algoma's city limits. The community was named for Henry Bruemmer, who bought a
grist mill
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on Silver Creek in 1866 and established a brick manufacturing plant.
* Kodan ( ) is a small unincorporated hamlet located on the northeast corner of the intersection with County Roads D and M.
* is an unincorporated community located southwest of the WIS 54 and County Road D Intersection, three miles west of Algoma. Founded as a German farming settlement, originally known as Kuke's Corners until the establishment of a post office in 1886. The post office and community were named in honor of
Joseph Rankin
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, a businessman, politician, soldier, and congressman.
History
The name ''Ahnapee'' is of
Ojibwe
The Ojibwe (; Ojibwe writing systems#Ojibwe syllabics, syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the Great Plains, n ...
origin. It is derived from ''anin api'' ("when").Verwyst, Chrysostom. 1892. Geographical Names in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, Having a Chippewa Origin " ''Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin'' 12: 390–398.
The first settlers of the area came from Manitowoc in 1851, the town's first mill and store opened in 1855, and regular river travel from the port started in 1856. It is very possible that the text supporting this citation precedes the actual article whose metadata appears here. The village of Ahnapee was incorporated in 1873, and got its first mayor in 1879, Samuel Perry. The village (and later city) of Ahnapee was renamed "Algoma" in 1897. The region's first newspaper, ''The Ahnapee Record'', was established in 1873. A rail line first reached the town in 1882.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.60%, are water. The town is bordered to the north by Door County, to the east by
Lake Michigan
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, and to the southeast by the city of Algoma.
Demographics
Census information for Ahnapee Township shows populations of 718 in 1860 and 1,544 in 1870, including the main settlement of Ahnapee. After incorporation of the village of Ahnapee (subsequently renamed Algoma in 1897), census information showed 978 residents remaining in the surrounding town of Ahnapee in 1880, peaking at 2,082 in 1910, before decreasing to 1,911 in 1920. Settlers who grew the population of the region were of several nationalities: English, Bohemian, German, Irish, Dutch, Danish, Belgian.
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 977 people, 371 households, and 277 families residing in the town. The
population density
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was 31.5 people per square mile (12.2/km). There were 426 housing units at an average density of 13.8 per square mile (5.3/km). The racial makeup of the town was 97.85%
White
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, 0.31%
African American
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Hispanic
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or Latino of any race were 2.15% of the population.
There were 371 households, out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.7% were
married couples
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living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.1% were non-families. 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.01.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 26.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $47,500, and the median income for a family was $49,489. Males had a median income of $31,167 versus $21,518 for females. The
per capita income
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for the town was $20,385. About 1.4% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including none of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.