Dalton is an
unincorporated census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the town of
Kingston located in the southwestern corner of
Green Lake County,
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. It is located on
Wisconsin Highway 44. It uses
ZIP code 53926. As of the
2020 census, its population was 215, up from 206 at the
2010 census.
The surrounding countryside is mainly occupied by dairy farmers and an
Amish
The Amish (, also or ; ; ), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptism, Anabaptist Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, church fellowships with Swiss people, Swiss and Alsace, Alsatian origins. As they ...
community. Dalton has an area of ; of this is land, and is water. Dalton was named for John Dalton, who emigrated from Ireland with his family in the early 1850s.
Climate
According to the
Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
system, Dalton has a
warm-summer humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...
, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Dalton was on July 7, 2007, while the coldest temperature recorded was on January 30, 1951.
References
External links
Dalton Fire Department, Dalton, Wisconsin Retrieved February 7, 2007
Census-designated places in Green Lake County, Wisconsin
Census-designated places in Wisconsin
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