Lincoln is a

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Kewaunee County Kewaunee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,563. Its county seat is Kewaunee. The county was created in 1852 and organized in 1859. Its Menominee name is ''Kewāneh'', an arch ...

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, United States. The population was 948 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of

Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...

, Gregorville, and Euren are in the town. The unincorporated communities of Rio Creek and Rosiere are also partially in the town.

Geography

Lincoln is in northern Kewaunee County and is bordered to the north by Door County. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Lincoln, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 957 people, 334 households, and 263 families residing in the town. The

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was 26.8 people per square mile (10.4/km²). There were 346 housing units at an average density of 9.7 per square mile (3.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.96%

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, 0.10%

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, 0.10% Native American, 0.21%

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, 0.10% from

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, and 0.52% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.25% of the population. There were 334 households, out of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.8% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% were non-families. 17.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.23. In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.5% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $42,188, and the median income for a family was $45,714. Males had a median income of $32,273 versus $20,417 for females. The

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for the town was $16,183. About 5.9% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the

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, including 9.7% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

History

Lincoln is the fourth-most Belgian-American community in the United States, by proportion of population. Lincoln was originally named "GrandLez", after the village of Grand-Leez, now a section of the town of

Gembloux Gembloux (; wa, Djiblou; nl, Gembloers, ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 21,964 inhabitants. The total area is 95.86 km², yielding a population dens ...

Arrondissement of Namur The Arrondissement of Namur (french: Arrondissement de Namur) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Namur, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. The territory of the Judic ...

province of Namur Namur (; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the West) on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and the French depart ...

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(cfr :fr:Grand-Leez). Belgians emigrated from there between 1850 and 1860.

Most Belgian-American towns

* 1)

Union, Door County, Wisconsin Union is a town in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 880 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Shoemaker Point and Namur are located in the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, th ...

: 49% * 2)

Red River, Wisconsin Red River is a town in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,393 at the 2010 census, down from 1,476 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Bay View, Duvall, Frog Station, Thiry Daems, and Tonet are l ...

(Kewaunee County) : 47% * 3) Brussels, Wisconsin (Door County) : 36.4% ( composed of "Brussels community" & "Namur Community") * 4) Lincoln, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin : 35.4% * 5) Green Bay (town), Wisconsin (Brown County) : 31.8%

References

External links

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