ANTIGO, WISCONSIN

'Antigo' is the county seat of Langlade County, Wisconsin, USA. The population was 8,560 at the 2000 census. Most of the city is located within the Town of Antigo. Small portions are within the towns of Ackley and Rolling. Antigo is the centre of a good farming and lumbering district, and its manufactures consist principally of lumber, chairs, furniture, sashes, doors and blinds, hubs and spokes, and other wood products. The city has a Carnegie library.

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History

Notable citizens

Recreation

Geography

Demographics

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History

The city was founded in 1878 by Francis A. Deleglise. It should be noted that a street in Antigo is also named Deleglise. The name "Antigo" comes from the Chippewa Indian name for the river that flows through the area, "''Nequi-Antigo-sebi''" meaning "spring river" or "evergreen". Antigo sits on a plateau about 1500 feet above sea level. The city gained its charter in 1883.
The wide expanse of level land, the fine stand of timber and the fertility of the "Antigo Flats" soil soon attracted many settlers. Today the Antigo Silt Loam soil is the state soil of Wisconsin.
In the early part of the 1900s, Antigo was best known for its sawmills. At the turn of the millennium, the city's economy had a good balance of industry and agriculture. High on the list are potatoes, dairy farms, fur, shoes, fertilizer, steel and aluminum products, along with the lumber and wood product industries established in the earlier years.
In the later part of the century, Antigo was known for its high school football team. Coach Gordon Schofield led the Red Robins to Division 1 State Championships in 1976, 1978 and 1982. Other state championships for Antigo high school sports includes the boy's hockey championship in 1993 led by coach Bill Thoreson, and the state wrestling championship in 1984 under coach Dave Wentland.

Notable citizens

★ John Bradley, navy corpsman who took part in the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima B. July 10, 1923 D. January 11, 1994.

Recreation

In Antigo and surrounding areas there are a number of recreational activities including fishing, hunting, swimming, snowmobiling downhill skiing at Kettlebowl Ski Hill, and cross country skiing on numerous recreational trails on the County Forest.
In 2005 a new year-round, indoor aquatic center, The Clara R McKenna Aquatic Center, opened offering both recreation pools and lap pools.
The Langlade county fairgrounds, located in Antigo, has an indoor ice rink in winter months and facilitates off road racing and demolition derbies in summer months.

Geography

Antigo is located at (45.141218, -89.153385), about 160 miles northwest of Milwaukee.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.8 km² (6.5 mi²). 16.7 km² (6.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.77%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 8,560 people, 3,630 households, and 2,221 families residing in the city. The population density was 513.2/km² (1,328.7/mi²). There were 3,938 housing units at an average density of 236.1/km² (611.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.27% White, 0.30% Black or African American, 0.86% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other races, and 0.95% from two or more races. 1.20% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 3,630 households out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.0% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.93.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 21.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $29,548, and the median income for a family was $40,883. Males had a median income of $29,932 versus $20,156 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,592. About 10.2% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.8% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over.

Gallery

References

★ Langlade County Recreation Trails

External links

★ Antigo, Wisconsin