Lyndon is a town in

Sheboygan County Sheboygan County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is named after the Sheboygan River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 118,034. Its county seat is Sheboygan. The county was created in 1836 and organized in 1846. At t ...

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. The population was 1,468 at the time of the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The ghost town of Winooski was located in the town.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of 34.4 square miles (89.0 km²), of which, 34.2 square miles (88.5 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) of it (0.58%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,468 people, 546 households, and 437 families residing in the town. The

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was 43.0 people per square mile (16.6/km²). There were 630 housing units at an average density of 18.4 per square mile (7.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.09%

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, 0.20%

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, 0.14% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.48% from other races, and 0.95% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.68% of the population. There were 546 households, out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.5% were

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living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.8% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.03. In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.5% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 30.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 114.5 males. The median income for a household in the town was $56,121, and the median income for a family was $60,781. Males had a median income of $41,250 versus $22,946 for females. The

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for the town was $21,727. About 3.9% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the

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, including 10.8% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

* Whitman A. Barber, politician * Gustave W. Buchen, politician * Otto B. Joerns, politician * Edward J. Keyes, politician who served as chairman of the Lyndon Town Board * Eugene McIntyre, politician who served as chairman of the Lyndon Board of Supervisors * William Noll, politician; town clerk and a supervisor of the town *

Patrick H. O'Rourk Patrick Henry O'Rourk (1847–1923) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. O'Rork was born in what is now Granville, Wisconsin on August 28, 1847, as the son of Irish immigrants. In 1849, he settled with his ...

, politician

References

External links

Town of Lyndon
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