Taycheedah, Wisconsin 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 Taycheedah in
Fond du Lac County
Fond du Lac County () is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 104,154. Its county seat is Fond du Lac. The county was created in the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and later organized in 1844. Fond d ...
,
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 ...
. The community is located adjacent to the
city of Fond du Lac and
Lake Winnebago
Lake Winnebago (, , ) is a shallow freshwater lake in the north central United States, located in east central Wisconsin. At , it is the largest lake entirely within the state, covering an area of about by with of shoreline, an average depth ...
. As of the
2020 census, its population is 643, down from 704 at the
2010 census.
Taycheedah calls itself the "
Sheepshead Fishing Center of the World".
U.S. Route 151 ran through the community until a
bypass around Fond du Lac was built in the 2000s.
Taycheedah Correctional Institution is located in the town of Taycheedah several miles east of the community.
History
The first white settlement at Taycheedah was made in 1839. A post office called Taycheedah was established in 1841, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1986. The name Taycheedah is derived from a Native American word meaning "lake camp".
Images
Image:TaycheedahWisconsinDowntownUS151.jpg, Looking east
Image:TaycheedahWisconsin.jpg, Looking northeast
Image:TaycheedahWisconsinSign2.jpg, Welcome sign
References
Census-designated places in Wisconsin
Census-designated places in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
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