Richland Center, Wisconsin
Richland Center is a city in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. It is the county seat of Richland County. As of the 2020 census, 5,114 people lived there.[3]
Richland Center | |
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 Richland Center's historic downtown, viewed from Court and Main Street | |
 Location of Richland Center in Richland County, Wisconsin | |
  Richland Center  Richland Center | |
| Coordinates: 43°20′16″N 90°23′5″W / 43.33778°N 90.38472°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Wisconsin |
| County | Richland |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.77 sq mi (12.41 km2) |
| • Land | 4.69 sq mi (12.14 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.22 km2) |
| Elevation | 728 ft (222 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,114 |
| • Density | 1,091/sq mi (421.3/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 53581 |
| Area code | 608 |
| FIPS code | 55-67625[4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1578616[2] |
| Website | ci |
History change
Richland Center was founded in 1851 by Ira Sherwin Hazeltine. Haseltine offered to give land to the county if Richland Center was voted the county seat.[5] In 1852, the Wisconsin Legislature named Richland Center as the seat for Richland County.[6] The Richland County courthouse was built in 1889.
In 1876, a railroad branch opened to connect Richland Center with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad at Lone Rock, Wisconsin. This gave an outlet for the town's commerce. On October 8, 1882, the town's railway depot was destroyed when a fire lit two kegs of gunpowder inside it. This caused an explosion that tore the roof from the building.[7] Another depot was built in 1909. Today, it is a visitor center for the community.[8]
Frank Lloyd Wright was born at Richland Center in 1867.
Geography change
The city has a total area of 4.77 square miles (12.35 km2). Of this, 4.69 square miles (12.15 km2) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2) is water.[1]
Notable people change
- Svetlana Alliluyeva, only daughter of Joseph Stalin
- Lynda Barry, cartoonist
- Bradie Ewing, NFL Football player
- Joshua L. Johns, U.S. Representative
- Gilbert L. Laws, U.S. Representative
- Vernon Wallace Thomson, Governor of Wisconsin
- Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
- Raymond Leo Burke, cardinal
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Richland Center city, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ Butterfield, C. W. (1884). History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin. Springfield, Illinois: Union Publishing Company. pp. 1150-1151.
- ↑ "An Act to Declare the County Seat of Richland County," Wisconsin Statutes 1852, c. 37.
- ↑ Butterfield (1884). p. 1164
- ↑ "Richland Center Visitor Center Archived 2011-11-03 at the Wayback Machine." Richland Chamber & Development Alliance. Retrieved 2011-11-03.