Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin Explained

Official Name:Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Wisconsin#USA
Pushpin Label:Big Foot Prairie
Pushpin Label Position:top
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Walworth
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name3:Walworth
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:0.032
Area Land Sq Mi:0.032
Area Water Sq Mi:0.0
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:22
Population Density Sq Mi:687.5
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:955
Coordinates:42.4953°N -88.5992°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:53184 (Walworth)
Area Codes:262
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:55-07315
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2807534

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.[2] It is located in the Town of Walworth along U.S. Highway 14, south of the Village of Walworth.[3] 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.[4]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files . United States Census Bureau . March 15, 2022 .
  2. Web site: Big Foot Prairie CDP, Wisconsin . . March 7, 2023 .
  3. . ((Walworth Co.)) . 2011 . May 18, 2011 . 1:100,000 . Madison . Wisconsin Department of Transportation . https://web.archive.org/web/20110516122204/http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/walworth.pdf . May 16, 2011 . dead .
  4. Book: Callary, Edward . Place Names of Illinois . 2009 . . 425 .
  5. Book: Beckwith, Albert Clayton . History of Walworth County, Wisconsin . II . B.F. Bowen & Company . 1912 . Biographical Sketch of Phipps Waldo Lake . 936–938 .
  6. Book: History of Walworth County, Wisconsin . Chicago . Western Historical Company . 1882 . 807 . June 21, 2015 .