Elkhart Lake
| Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | |
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| Village | |
 Location of Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates: 43°49′55″N 88°1′3″W / 43.83194°N 88.01750°WCoordinates: 43°49′55″N 88°1′3″W / 43.83194°N 88.01750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Sheboygan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.29 sq mi (3.34 km2) |
| • Land | 1.28 sq mi (3.32 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 948 ft (289 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 967 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 961 |
| • Density | 755.5/sq mi (291.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 920 |
| FIPS code | 55-23275 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1584500 |
| Website | www.elkhartlakewi.gov |
Elkhart Lake is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, located within the northwestern part of the county within the Town of Rhine. The population was 967 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. Elkhart Lake may be best known for hosting road races on public county roads during the 1950s, later moving to a dedicated race track called Road America, which is located a few miles south of the village.
The area was first inhabited by the Potawatomi Indians and they named the area “Me-shay-way-odeh-ni-bis”, or Great Elk Heart Lake, because the lake resembles an elk's heart. Few people traveled to the area until the 1860s when the Mississippi Railroad came to Glenbeulah, making it possible for them to take a stagecoach the rest of the way to Elkhart. In 1872 the Milwaukee and Northern Railroad came into Elkhart and brought more travelers. The area was incorporated as Elkhart Lake in 1894.
Elkhart Lake is located at 43°49′55″N 88°1′3″W / 43.83194°N 88.01750°W (43.832057, -88.017440).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.29 square miles (3.34 km2), of which, 1.28 square miles (3.32 km2) of it is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water.
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