Antigo, Wisconsin
Langlade County
55-02250
Antigo is a municipality ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Langlade County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In 2010, Antigo had 8234 inhabitants.
Antigo is the center of an agricultural and forestry district and local products are mainly lumber, furniture, frames, doors and shutters, wheel hubs and spokes, and other wood products.
Name
Nequi - Antigo - sebi comes from the Ojibwe language; means " river source " or " evergreen "; and has been used as the name of the Chippewa flowing through the flow region.
History
The town was founded in 1878 by Francis A. Deleglise. The cabin Deleglises is preserved as a museum attraction in Langlade County Museum. The large area of flat land, well-grown timberland as well as the fertility of the soil around Antigo soon attracted more settlers. Antigo received its charter in 1883. At the beginning of the 20th century Antigo was known for his sawmill. One hundred years later, there is an economic balance between industry, agriculture and forestry.
Geography
Antigo is located at 45 ° 8 ' north latitude and 89 ° 9' west longitude, covers 16.8 km ² and is situated on a plateau 457 meters above sea level.
By Antigo leads in a north-south direction of U.S. Highway 45 and Wisconsin Highway 5, 47, 52 and 64 The Langlade County Airport is 4 km northeast of the city. The city is connected to the rail network in the Chicago and North Western Railway.
The nearest large towns are Wausau (about 50 km southwest) and Green Bay (about 130 km south-east ). The capital of the state, Madison is located about 230 km south of Antigo.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Antigo 8234 people in 3613 households. The population density was 493.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 3613 households lived statistically 2.21 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 95.1 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 1.4 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.1 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 38,669. The per capita income was $ 19,218. 19.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Justin Berg, baseball player for the Chicago Cubs,
- John Bradley, a member of the U.S. Navy, Flaggenhisser on Iwo Jima,
- D. Wayne Lukas, horse trainer,
- Joe Piškula, ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames.