Baraboo is a city in the Midwest and the

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Sauk County Sauk County is a county in Wisconsin. It is named after a large village of the Sauk people. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,763. Its county seat and largest city is Baraboo. The county was created in 1840 from Wisconsin Territory a ...

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. The largest city in the county, Baraboo is the principal city of the Baraboo Micropolitan Statistical Area. Its 2020 population was 12,556. It is situated on the Baraboo River. Baraboo is home to the

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, the former headquarters and winter home of the

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circus. The Al. Ringling Theatre is an active landmark in the city. Baraboo is also near Devil's Lake State Park, and

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's Shack and Farm.

History

Early settlement

The area around Baraboo was the site of a Kickapoo village as early as 1665. The current community was established by Abe Wood in 1838, and was originally known as the village of Adams. In 1839 several settlers arrived and started building cabins, and a saw mill. In 1846 it became the county seat of

after a fierce fight with the nearby village of Reedsburg. In 1852, the village was renamed "Baraboo", after the nearby river. It was incorporated as a village in 1866 and as a city in 1882."Term: Baraboo [brief history]"
in ''Dictionary of Wisconsin History''. In the 1860s, the city had surpassed a population of 2,000, and many businesses started to form, including grocery stores, banks, and hotels. In 1872, the

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(C&NW) was built. Baraboo became home to several saw mills during this time, because of its location near the

Baraboo Baraboo is a city in the Midwest and the county seat of Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The largest city in the county, Baraboo is the principal city of the Baraboo Micropolitan Statistical Area. Its 2020 population was 12,556. It is situ ...

and

Rivers.

Late 1800s to the present

In 1884, the

Ringling Brothers Circus Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows is a circus founded in Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States in 1884 by five of the seven Ringling brothers: Albert, August, Otto, Alfred T., Charles, John, and Henry. The Ringling brothers were sons of a Ge ...

was established in Baraboo. Several other circuses came to the city, which gave Baraboo the nickname "Circus City". Located south of Baraboo, in the

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of Bluffview, was the

Badger Army Ammunition Plant The Badger Army Ammunition Plant (BAAP or Badger) or Badger Ordnance Works (B.O.W.) is an excess, non- BRAC, United States Army facility located near Sauk City, Wisconsin. It manufactured nitrocellulose-based propellants during World War II, the K ...

, which was the largest munitions factory in the world during WWII, when it was known as "Badger Ordnance Works". It was later demolished and now the land is a part of the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area.

Hank Snow Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on ...

's 1959 song "

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", famously covered by

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, mentions visiting Baraboo. Cirrus Aircraft, a manufacturer of single-engine aircraft, was founded in a rural Baraboo barn in 1984 by brothers Alan and Dale Klapmeier. After a few years of designing the VK-30, the company relocated to the

Baraboo–Wisconsin Dells Airport Baraboo–Wisconsin Dells Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Baraboo, in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The airport is located between Baraboo and Lake ...

, and in 1994 moved to its present-day home in

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Geography

According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. West Baraboo, a suburb of Baraboo, borders the city on its west side. Baraboo gives its name to the Baraboo Syncline, a doubly plunging, asymmetric

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Proterozoic The Proterozoic () is a geological eon spanning the time interval from 2500 to 538.8million years ago. It is the most recent part of the Precambrian "supereon". It is also the longest eon of the Earth's geologic time scale, and it is subdivided ...

-aged

Baraboo quartzite Baraboo Quartzite is a Precambrian geological formationHanson, G. F.''Geology of the Barabou District, Wisconsin'', The University of Wisconsin Extension, 1970, Information Circular 14 of quartzite, found in the region of Baraboo, Wisconsin. Whi ...

. Researchers at the

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, particularly Charles R. Van Hise, used the syncline to demonstrate that small-scale deformational structures in isolated outcrops reflect larger regional structures and that sedimentary structures could indicate the original top-facing direction within elaborately deformed

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. These two principles sparked a global revolution in

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during the 1920s. The nearby

Baraboo Hills The Baraboo Range is a syncline located in Columbia and Sauk Counties, Wisconsin. It consists of highly eroded Precambrian metamorphic rock. It is about long and varies from 5 to in width. The Wisconsin River, previously traveling in a nort ...

are designated one of the "Last Great Places" by the

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because of its rare rocks, plants and animals. The hills were created by glacial action, and in some points poke up from the flat terrain to form a stark contrast. Some of these features were created when a glacial pocket was formed during the

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where the advance of the glacier halted, along the edge of what is known as the Driftless Area. Devil's Lake State Park, Wisconsin's largest state park, contains large areas of the Baraboo Hills.

Pewits Nest Pewit's Nest State Natural Area is a nature reserve of Wisconsin, USA, that includes a deep gorge formed during the retreat of the last glacier. Pewit's Nest is outside Baraboo in Sauk County. At one time a waterwheel and mill were located on t ...

is located outside Baraboo.

Climate

Demographics

Baraboo forms the core of the

's Baraboo Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Sauk County (2000 population: 55,225). The Baraboo µSA is just northwest of the

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, with which it forms the Census Bureau's Baraboo-Madison

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2020 census

As of the census of 2020, the population was 12,556. The

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was . There were 5,776 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 88.0%

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, 1.4% Native American, 1.3%

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, 1.0%

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, 2.7% from

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, and 5.6% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 5.9%

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of any race.

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 12,048 people, 5,161 households, and 3,016 families residing in the city. The

was . There were 5,619 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.0%

, 1.3%

, 1.0% Native American, 0.5%

, 0.1%

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, 1.5% from

, and 1.6% from two or more races.

of any race were 3.7% of the population. There were 5,161 households, of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.6% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.89. The median age in the city was 38 years. 23.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.5% were from 25 to 44; 25.1% were from 45 to 64; and 15.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.1% male and 50.9% female.

2000 census

As of the

of 2000, there were 10,711 people, 4,467 households, and 2,733 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,030.2 people per square mile (783.2/km²). There were 4,718 housing units at an average density of 894.3 per square mile (345.0 persons/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.12% White, 0.51%

, 0.77% Native American, 0.52%

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n, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.41% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races. 1.57% of the population were

of any race. There were 4,467 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.96. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $38,375, and the median income for a family was $48,149. Males had a median income of $32,775 versus $22,813 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,304. 6.6% of the population and 4.7% of families were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under the age of 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or older.

Infrastructure

Baraboo includes the Downtown Baraboo Historic District, which consists of 75 commercial and civic buildings built between 1870 and 1938. The Sauk County Courthouse is in the center of the district, and it serves the county.

Transportation

The Baraboo-Wisconsin Dells Airport (KDLL) serves the city and surrounding communities, and is located on Bus. US 12 3 miles north of the city. State Highways 33,

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, 136, and U.S. 12 pass through Baraboo. There is access to

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/ 94 nearby.

Government

A city hall building opened in 1967,Dewel, Bob.
'60s, '70s and sophistication too?
In: "The 1970's" Pages 989 to 1052. Baraboo Public Library. Retrieved on November 22, 2018. CITED: p. 990. and another location finished construction in 2018 at a cost of $9 million. A post office opened in 1961.

Education

The School District of Baraboo has four elementary schools serving students in grades 1 through 5, one kindergarten center, one middle school and one high school (

Baraboo High School Baraboo High School is a high school in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and is a part of the Baraboo School District. It serves more than 900 students in grades 9–12 from Baraboo, West Baraboo, North Freedom, and a portion of Lake Delton. The school's co ...

). The middle school has a swimming pool that can be accessed by the public with a seasonal membership option. There are also three parochial schools: St. Joseph's Catholic School, which serves Pre-K through sixth grade; St. John's Lutheran School of the

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, serving Pre-K through eighth grade; and Community Christian School, serving 4K through high school. St. Joseph's Catholic, under the

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, is a parochial school. The current school building, designed by the

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company Billmeyer and Sons and with a cost of over $500,000, has 11 classrooms. The basement has a cafeteria and a combination auditorium/gymnasium. The second building for the school opened on a filled-in ravine in 1912, northeast of its associated church. The building had three floors and a basement. The first and second floors each had three classrooms, and the second floor also housed the chapel and the library. The third floor had a 600-seat auditorium while the basement had a large banquet hall/gymnasium. The second building became overcrowded due to the post-World War II baby boom, so the third school building, north of the second building, opened in 1958.Sauk County Historical Society. ''Baraboo''.

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, 2017. , 9781467125109. p
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A campus of the

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(known to local residents as "Boo-U") is located in Baraboo. The Baraboo Public Library serves the community. The former Free Congregational Society church was demolished by 1902 for the library's construction.Sauk County Historical Society. ''Baraboo''.

, 2017. , 9781467125109. p
85

Historic sites

*The

Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm The Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm is a historic farm on Levee Road in rural Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The property was acquired in the 1930s as a family summer retreat by the noted conservationist and writer Aldo Leopold and is the la ...

. celebrated in his book ''

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'' (1949), is near Baraboo. *The

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is in Baraboo. *The Walworth D. Porter Duplex Residence is in Baraboo.

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, educator and writer *

Frank Avery Frank Avery (1830–1919) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Avery was born on November 17, 1830, in Tenterden, Kent, England. He moved to Syracuse, New York, in 1853 and to Baraboo, Wisconsin, ...

, Wisconsin State Senator * Stan Barnes, judge,

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, Wisconsin State Representative * Tiny Cahoon, NFL player * Jorge A. Carow, Wisconsin State Representative *

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, temperance movement organizer *

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, mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin * Evan Alfred Evans, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals * Evan Glodell, film director, producer, writer, and actor *

Elna Jane Hilliard Grahn Elna Jane Hilliard Grahn (November 15, 1913 – August 3, 2006) served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and later the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II. Grahn commanded the 2525th WAC unit in Fort Myer, Virginia. Grahn was ...

, educator *

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, U.S. Senator from

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, Wisconsin State Representative *

Guy E. Holmes Guy Earl Holmes (February 14, 1873 – February 10, 1945) was an American musician and composer. He was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and contributed much to the circus band repertoire. He spent 20 years on the faculty of VanderCook College of Mu ...

, musician and composer * John J. Jenkins, U.S. Representative *

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, Wisconsin State Representative *

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player *

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, lawyer and activist *

, naturalist *

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, former

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of the

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(2007–2020), currently the President of Basketball Operations for the

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* Mary Mortimer (1816–1877), British-born American educator * Beryl Newman,

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recipient * John Ringling North, circus * Stuart Palmer, mystery novelist *

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, Wisconsin State Representative *

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, Wisconsin State Representative and jurist *

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, threw the first

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in football history, grew up in Baraboo * Algie Martin Simons, Socialist newspaper editor, attended high school in Baraboo *

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, NFL player *

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, Wisconsin legislator *

John M. True John M. True (1838–1921) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. Biography True was born in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, in 1838. In 1866, he settled in Greenfield, Sauk County, Wisconsin. He died on Februa ...

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, Wisconsin State Senator
The History of Sauk County, Wisconsin
', Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 437. * Lewis N. Wood, Wisconsin State Representative * Edwin E. Woodman, Wisconsin State Senator

Notes

External links

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