Oconto, Wisconsin
Oconto is a city in Oconto County, United States. The population was 4,513 at the 2010 census, it is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is located within the town of Oconto. Oconto is home to Copper Culture State Park, which has remains dated to around 5000-6000 B. C, it is a burial ground of the Copper Culture Indians. This burial ground is considered to be the oldest cemetery in Wisconsin and one of the oldest in the nation, their descendants include the Menominee. The first Europeans to come to the area were the French; the French Jesuit, Roman Catholic priest, missionary, Father Claude-Jean Allouez said the first Mass in Oconto on December 3, 1669. The Menominee living here began participating in the fur trade network and converting to Christianity; this area was included in the land ceded by the Menominee to the United States government in the 1836 Treaty of the Cedars. In this treaty, the Menominee ceded over four million acres of land after years of negotiations about how to accommodate the Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee, Brothertown peoples who were being removed from New York to Wisconsin.
Following the treaty, the land became available for American settlement, although soldiers and lumberers had been here for some time. The same year the Treaty of the Cedars was signed, George Lurwick bought a home and sawmill along the Oconto River, becoming the town's first private land owner now that the land had been sold to the United States; the city of Oconto was incorporated in 1869. The city took its name from the nearby Oconto River; the name Okāqtow is a Menominee name meaning "the place of the pike", one of several pike-related place-names in the area. The first Christian Science church in the world was erected in 1886 in Oconto and still stands at the corner of Main Street and Chicago Street; the land was donated by Victoria Sargent. In the summer of 1952, during a two-day period, an estimated 175,000,000 Leopard frogs emerged from nearby marshes and enveloped the town; the water level of Lake Michigan rose in the spring. The Leopard frogs laid their eggs, when the lake level receded with the heat of summer, most of the eggs would die.
But in 1952, Lake Michigan remained high, a huge number of frog eggs grew into live amphibians. Oconto is located at 44°53′N 87°52′W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.38 square miles, of which, 6.86 square miles is land and 0.52 square miles is water. Oconto is located at the mouth of the Oconto River; the table at right with historical census data indicates that the population has remained flat throughout the 20th century. As of the census of 2010, there were 4,513 people, 1,872 households, 1,172 families residing in the city; the population density was 657.9 inhabitants per square mile. There were 2,094 housing units at an average density of 305.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 96.4% White, 0.7% African American, 1.1% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.4% from other races, 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.4% of the population. There were 1,872 households of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.1% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.1% had a male householder with no wife present, 37.4% were non-families.
32.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.1% had someone living alone, 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.95. The median age in the city was 39.6 years. 23.4% of residents were under the age of 18. The gender makeup of the city was 49.7% male and 50.3% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,708 people, 1,870 households, 1,221 families residing in the city; the population density was 683.7 people per square mile. There were 2,040 housing units at an average density of 296.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 97.79% White, 0.02% Black or African American, 0.85% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, 0.89% from two or more races. 0.79% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 1,870 households out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 34.7% were non-families.
29.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.0% had someone living alone, 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.99. In the city, the population was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $34,589, the median income for a family was $43,676. Males had a median income of $27,455 versus $22,083 for females; the per capita income for the city was $20,717. About 5.2% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over. The following schools are available in Oconto: Oconto Elementary School Oconto Literacy Charter School Oconto Middle School Oconto High Schoo
Marriage
Marriage called matrimony or wedlock, is a or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity. The definition of marriage varies around the world not only between cultures and between religions, but throughout the history of any given culture and religion, evolving to both expand and constrict in who and what is encompassed, but it is principally an institution in which interpersonal relationships sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or considered to be compulsory before pursuing any sexual activity; when defined broadly, marriage is considered a cultural universal. A marriage ceremony is known as a wedding. Individuals may marry for several reasons, including legal, libidinal, financial and religious purposes. Whom they marry may be influenced by gender determined rules of incest, prescriptive marriage rules, parental choice and individual desire.
In some areas of the world, arranged marriage, child marriage and sometimes forced marriage, may be practiced as a cultural tradition. Conversely, such practices may be outlawed and penalized in parts of the world out of concerns of the infringement of women's rights, or the infringement of children's rights, because of international law. Around the world in developed democracies, there has been a general trend towards ensuring equal rights within marriage for women and recognizing the marriages of interfaith and same-sex couples; these trends coincide with the broader human rights movement. Marriage can be recognized by a state, an organization, a religious authority, a tribal group, a local community, or peers, it is viewed as a contract. When a marriage is performed and carried out by a government institution in accordance with the marriage laws of the jurisdiction, without religious content, it is a civil marriage. Civil marriage recognizes and creates the rights and obligations intrinsic to matrimony before the state.
When a marriage is performed with religious content under the auspices of a religious institution it is a religious marriage. Religious marriage recognizes and creates the rights and obligations intrinsic to matrimony before that religion. Religious marriage is known variously as sacramental marriage in Catholicism, nikah in Islam, nissuin in Judaism, various other names in other faith traditions, each with their own constraints as to what constitutes, who can enter into, a valid religious marriage; some countries do not recognize locally performed religious marriage on its own, require a separate civil marriage for official purposes. Conversely, civil marriage does not exist in some countries governed by a religious legal system, such as Saudi Arabia, where marriages contracted abroad might not be recognized if they were contracted contrary to Saudi interpretations of Islamic religious law. In countries governed by a mixed secular-religious legal system, such as in Lebanon and Israel, locally performed civil marriage does not exist within the country, preventing interfaith and various other marriages contradicting religious laws from being entered into in the country, civil marriages performed abroad are recognized by the state if they conflict with religious laws.
The act of marriage creates normative or legal obligations between the individuals involved, any offspring they may produce or adopt. In terms of legal recognition, most sovereign states and other jurisdictions limit marriage to opposite-sex couples and a diminishing number of these permit polygyny, child marriages, forced marriages. In modern times, a growing number of countries developed democracies, have lifted bans on and have established legal recognition for the marriages of interfaith and same-sex couples; some cultures allow the dissolution of marriage through annulment. In some areas, child marriages and polygamy may occur in spite of national laws against the practice. Since the late twentieth century, major social changes in Western countries have led to changes in the demographics of marriage, with the age of first marriage increasing, fewer people marrying, more couples choosing to cohabit rather than marry. For example, the number of marriages in Europe decreased by 30% from 1975 to 2005.
In most cultures, married women had few rights of their own, being considered, along with the family's children, the property of the husband. In Europe, the United States, other places in the developed world, beginning in the late 19th century and lasting through the 21st century, marriage has undergone gradual legal changes, aimed at improving the rights of the wife; these changes included giving wives legal identities of their own, abolishing the right of husbands to physically discipline their wives, giving wives property rights, liberalizing divorce laws, providing wives with reproductive rights of their own, requiring a wife's consent when sexual relations occur. These changes have occurred in Western countries. In the 21st century, there continue to be controversies regarding the legal status of married women, legal acceptance of or leniency towards violence within marriage, traditional marriage customs such as dowry and bride price, for
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U. S. state located in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin is the 20th most populous; the state capital is Madison, its largest city is Milwaukee, located on the western shore of Lake Michigan. The state is divided into 72 counties. Wisconsin's geography is diverse, having been impacted by glaciers during the Ice Age with the exception of the Driftless Area; the Northern Highland and Western Upland along with a part of the Central Plain occupies the western part of the state, with lowlands stretching to the shore of Lake Michigan. Wisconsin is second to Michigan in the length of its Great Lakes coastline. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, a large number of European settlers entered the state, many of whom emigrated from Germany and Scandinavia. Like neighboring Minnesota, the state remains a center of German American and Scandinavian American culture.
Wisconsin is known as "America's Dairyland" because it is one of the nation's leading dairy producers famous for its cheese. Manufacturing, information technology, cranberries and tourism are major contributors to the state's economy; the word Wisconsin originates from the name given to the Wisconsin River by one of the Algonquian-speaking Native American groups living in the region at the time of European contact. French explorer Jacques Marquette was the first European to reach the Wisconsin River, arriving in 1673 and calling the river Meskousing in his journal. Subsequent French writers changed the spelling from Meskousing to Ouisconsin, over time this became the name for both the Wisconsin River and the surrounding lands. English speakers anglicized the spelling from Ouisconsin to Wisconsin when they began to arrive in large numbers during the early 19th century; the legislature of Wisconsin Territory made the current spelling official in 1845. The Algonquin word for Wisconsin and its original meaning have both grown obscure.
Interpretations vary. One leading theory holds that the name originated from the Miami word Meskonsing, meaning "it lies red", a reference to the setting of the Wisconsin River as it flows through the reddish sandstone of the Wisconsin Dells. Other theories include claims that the name originated from one of a variety of Ojibwa words meaning "red stone place", "where the waters gather", or "great rock". Wisconsin has been home to a wide variety of cultures over the past 14,000 years; the first people arrived around 10,000 BCE during the Wisconsin Glaciation. These early inhabitants, called Paleo-Indians, hunted now-extinct ice age animals such as the Boaz mastodon, a prehistoric mastodon skeleton unearthed along with spear points in southwest Wisconsin. After the ice age ended around 8000 BCE, people in the subsequent Archaic period lived by hunting and gathering food from wild plants. Agricultural societies emerged over the Woodland period between 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. Toward the end of this period, Wisconsin was the heartland of the "Effigy Mound culture", which built thousands of animal-shaped mounds across the landscape.
Between 1000 and 1500 CE, the Mississippian and Oneota cultures built substantial settlements including the fortified village at Aztalan in southeast Wisconsin. The Oneota may be the ancestors of the modern Ioway and Ho-Chunk tribes who shared the Wisconsin region with the Menominee at the time of European contact. Other Native American groups living in Wisconsin when Europeans first settled included the Ojibwa, Fox and Pottawatomie, who migrated to Wisconsin from the east between 1500 and 1700; the first European to visit what became Wisconsin was the French explorer Jean Nicolet. He canoed west from Georgian Bay through the Great Lakes in 1634, it is traditionally assumed that he came ashore near Green Bay at Red Banks. Pierre Radisson and Médard des Groseilliers visited Green Bay again in 1654–1666 and Chequamegon Bay in 1659–1660, where they traded for fur with local Native Americans. In 1673, Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet became the first to record a journey on the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway all the way to the Mississippi River near Prairie du Chien.
Frenchmen like Nicholas Perrot continued to ply the fur trade across Wisconsin through the 17th and 18th centuries, but the French made no permanent settlements in Wisconsin before Great Britain won control of the region following the French and Indian War in 1763. So, French traders continued to work in the region after the war, some, beginning with Charles de Langlade in 1764, settled in Wisconsin permanently, rather than returning to British-controlled Canada; the British took over Wisconsin during the French and Indian War, taking control of Green Bay in 1761 and gaining control of all of Wisconsin in 1763. Like the French, the British were interested in little but the fur trade. One notable event in the fur trading industry in Wisconsin occurred in 1791, when two free African Americans set up a fur trading post among the Menominee at present day Marinette; the first permanent settlers French Canadians, some Anglo-New Englanders and a few African American freedmen, arrived in Wisconsin while it was under British control.
Charles Michel de Langlade is recognized as the first settler, establishing a trading post at Green Bay in 1745, moving there permanently in 1764. Settlement began at Prairie du Chien around 1781; the French residents at the trading post in what is now Green Bay, referred to the t
Oconto Falls, Wisconsin
Oconto Falls is a city in Oconto County, United States. The population was 2,891 at the 2010 census, it is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. A post office called Oconto Falls has been in operation since 1871; the city was named for falls on the Oconto River. Oconto Falls is located at 44°52′29″N 88°8′34″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.95 square miles, of which, 2.73 square miles is land and 0.22 square miles is water. The city is separated by west sides by the Oconto River; as of the census of 2010, there were 2,891 people, 1,251 households, 753 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,059.0 inhabitants per square mile. There were 1,333 housing units at an average density of 488.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 95.9% White, 0.1% African American, 1.5% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.3% from other races, 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.2% of the population. There were 1,251 households of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.3% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.4% had a male householder with no wife present, 39.8% were non-families.
33.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone, 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.81. The median age in the city was 38.1 years. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18. The gender makeup of the city was 47.7% male and 52.3% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,843 people, 1,166 households, 719 families residing in the city; the population density was 1,056.5 people per square mile. There were 1,231 housing units at an average density of 457.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 98.21% White, 0.14% Black or African American, 0.49% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.11% from other races, 0.70% from two or more races. 0.42% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 1,166 households out of which 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.6% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 38.3% were non-families.
32.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.9% had someone living alone, 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.97. In the city, the population was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males. The median income for a household in the city was $34,884, the median income for a family was $41,107. Males had a median income of $32,386 versus $22,616 for females; the per capita income for the city was $17,170. About 5.9% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over. Oconto Falls School District Oconto Falls High School Oconto Falls Elementary School Washington Middle School Abrams Elementary School St. Anthony Catholic School Jefferson Elementary School Spruce Charter School Rusty Lemorande - director and actor Oconto Falls Area Chamber of Commerce City of Oconto Falls Oconto Falls Community Library Sanborn fire insurance maps: 1904 1911 1919
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is applied to living organisms, most of the time to humans, it is a key geographical term. In simple terms population density refers to the number of people living in an area per kilometer square. Population density is population divided by total land water volume, as appropriate. Low densities may lead to further reduced fertility; this is called the Allee effect after the scientist. Examples of the causes in low population densities include: Increased problems with locating sexual mates Increased inbreeding For humans, population density is the number of people per unit of area quoted per square kilometer or square mile; this may be calculated for a county, country, another territory or the entire world. The world's population is around 7,500,000,000 and Earth's total area is 510,000,000 square kilometers. Therefore, the worldwide human population density is around 7,500,000,000 ÷ 510,000,000 = 14.7 per km2. If only the Earth's land area of 150,000,000 km2 is taken into account human population density is 50 per km2.
This includes all continental and island land area, including Antarctica. If Antarctica is excluded population density rises to over 55 people per km2. However, over half of the Earth's land mass consists of areas inhospitable to human habitation, such as deserts and high mountains, population tends to cluster around seaports and fresh-water sources. Thus, this number by itself does not give any helpful measurement of human population density. Several of the most densely populated territories in the world are city-states and dependencies; these territories have a small area and a high urbanization level, with an economically specialized city population drawing on rural resources outside the area, illustrating the difference between high population density and overpopulation The potential to maintain the agricultural aspects of deserts is limited as there is not enough precipitation to support a sustainable land. The population in these areas are low. Therefore, cities in the Middle East, such as Dubai, have been increasing in population and infrastructure growth at a fast pace.
Cities with high population densities are, by some, considered to be overpopulated, though this will depend on factors like quality of housing and infrastructure and access to resources. Most of the most densely populated cities are in Southeast Asia, though Cairo and Lagos in Africa fall into this category. City population and area are, however dependent on the definition of "urban area" used: densities are invariably higher for the central city area than when suburban settlements and the intervening rural areas are included, as in the areas of agglomeration or metropolitan area, the latter sometimes including neighboring cities. For instance, Milwaukee has a greater population density when just the inner city is measured, the surrounding suburbs excluded. In comparison, based on a world population of seven billion, the world's inhabitants, as a loose crowd taking up ten square feet per person, would occupy a space a little larger than Delaware's land area; the Gaza Strip has a population density of 5,046 pop/km.
Although arithmetic density is the most common way of measuring population density, several other methods have been developed to provide a more accurate measure of population density over a specific area. Arithmetic density: The total number of people / area of land Physiological density: The total population / area of arable land Agricultural density: The total rural population / area of arable land Residential density: The number of people living in an urban area / area of residential land Urban density: The number of people inhabiting an urban area / total area of urban land Ecological optimum: The density of population that can be supported by the natural resources Demography Human geography Idealized population Optimum population Population genetics Population health Population momentum Population pyramid Rural transport problem Small population size Distance sampling List of population concern organizations List of countries by population density List of cities by population density List of city districts by population density List of English districts by population density List of European cities proper by population density List of United States cities by population density List of islands by population density List of U.
S. states by population density List of Australian suburbs by population density Selected Current and Historic City, Ward & Neighborhood Density Duncan Smith / UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. "World Population Density". Exploratory map shows data from the Global Human Settlement Layer produced by the European Commission JRC and the CIESIN Columbia University
Gillett, Wisconsin
Gillett is a city in Oconto County, United States. The population was 1,386 at the 2010 census, it is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is adjacent to the Town of Gillett. A post office called Gillett has been in operation since 1871; the city was named for a pioneer settler. Gillett is located at 44°53′23″N 88°18′23″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.37 square miles, of which, 1.36 square miles is land and 0.01 square miles is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,386 people, 592 households, 352 families residing in the city; the population density was 1,019.1 inhabitants per square mile. There were 656 housing units at an average density of 482.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 91.0% White, 0.1% African American, 3.4% Native American, 4.3% from other races, 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.1% of the population. There were 592 households of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.7% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male householder with no wife present, 40.5% were non-families.
34.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone, 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.86. The median age in the city was 41.1 years. 23.2% of residents were under the age of 18. The gender makeup of the city was 47.4% male and 52.6% female. At the 2000 census, there were 515 households and 329 families residing in the city; the population density was 923.9 per square mile. There were 546 housing units at an average density of 401.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 96.58% White, 0.40% Black or African American, 1.19% Native American, 1.04% from other races, 0.80% from two or more races. 0.88% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 515 households of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.9% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 36.1% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.3% had someone living alone, 65 years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.02. Age distribution was 26.9% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.0 males. The median household income was $36,667, the median family income was $41,364. Males had a median income of $30,481 versus $19,875 for females; the per capita income for the city was $16,737. About 7.6% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.8% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over. Gillett School District operates public schools, including Gillett Elementary School, Gillett Middle School, Gillett High School. For over a decade, Gillett has billed itself as the "ATV Capital of the World". Gillett Sno & ATV Riders maintain over 15 miles of trail within the city itself and the towns of Maple Valley and Underhill.
City of Gillett
Gillett (town), Wisconsin
Gillett is a town in Oconto County, United States. The population was 1,085 at the 2000 census; the City of Gillett is located within the town. The unincorporated community of Mosling is located in the town. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 34.3 square miles, of which, 33.4 square miles of it is land and 0.9 square miles of it is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,085 people, 404 households, 313 families residing in the town; the population density was 32.5 people per square mile. There were 442 housing units at an average density of 13.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 97.97% White, 0.18% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.28% from other races, 1.38% from two or more races. 0.37% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 404 households out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.3% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 22.5% were non-families.
19.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone, 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.07. In the town, the population was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $41,053, the median income for a family was $44,135. Males had a median income of $35,179 versus $20,000 for females; the per capita income for the town was $19,381. About 3.4% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over
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