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Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin

For the neighboring CDP in Illinois, see Big Foot Prairie, Illinois.

Big Foot Prairie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It was named a CDP for the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 22.[3] It is located in the Town of Walworth along U.S. Highway 14, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the Village of Walworth.[4] The community of Big Foot Prairie extends south into McHenry County, Illinois, where there is a CDP of the same name in Chemung Township.

History

The community is named for Big Foot, a Potawatomi leader who resided on nearby Kishwauketoe (today known as Geneva Lake) until his band was forcibly removed by the United States in 1836. It once had a post office, which opened on May 15, 1848.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202022—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
2020[3]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "Big Foot Prairie Census Designated Place, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ a b "Big Foot Prairie CDP, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  4. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation (2011). Walworth Co. (PDF) (Map). 1:100,000. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  5. ^ Callary, Edward (2009). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 425.
  6. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  7. ^ Beckwith, Albert Clayton (1912). "Biographical Sketch of Phipps Waldo Lake". History of Walworth County, Wisconsin. Vol. II. B.F. Bowen & Company. pp. 936–938.
  8. ^ History of Walworth County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1882. p. 807. Retrieved June 21, 2015.