Navarino (community), Wisconsin
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Navarino is a town in
Shawano County Shawano County ( ; originally Shawanaw County) is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,881. Its county seat is Shawano. Shawano County is included in the Shawano, WI Micropolitan Stat ...
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, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population is 177. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Navarino as a
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 ...
(CDP). The
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and community of
Navarino Navarino or Navarin may refer to: Battle * Battle of Navarino, 1827 naval battle off Navarino, Greece, now known as Pylos Geography * Navarino is the former name of Pylos, a Greek town on the Ionian Sea, where the 1827 battle took place ** Old Na ...
is located in the town.


History

The town of Navarino, if not founded by that name, had its name changed from Mayville on December 1, 1874. The town seems to have been named after the
Battle of Navarino The Battle of Navarino was a naval battle fought on 20 October (O.S. 8 October) 1827, during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), in Navarino Bay (modern Pylos), on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. Allied ...
fought on October 20, 1827, between the Ottoman Empire and a combined British, Russian and French navy.Michael Oren, ''Power, Faith and Fantasy'' (2007) p. 115


Geography

According to the
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, the town has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92.6 km), of which, 35.2 square miles (91.3 km) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km) of it (1.40%) is water.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 422 people, 177 households, and 121 families residing in the town. The
population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...
was 12.0 people per square mile (4.6/km). There were 195 housing units at an average density of 5.5 per square mile (2.1/km). The racial makeup of the town was 98.10%
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, 0.24% Native American, 0.95% Asian, and 0.71% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 0.24% of the population. There were 177 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.0% were
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living together, 2.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.98. In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 28.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $47,750, and the median income for a family was $56,875. Males had a median income of $35,417 versus $25,347 for females. The
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for the town was $21,026. None of the families and 1.5% of the population were living below the
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, including no under eighteens and 3.3% of those over 64.


References

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