Fall River, Wisconsin
| Fall River, Wisconsin | |
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| Village | |
 Location of Fall River, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates: 43°23′7″N 89°2′45″W / 43.38528°N 89.04583°WCoordinates: 43°23′7″N 89°2′45″W / 43.38528°N 89.04583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Columbia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.92 sq mi (4.97 km2) |
| • Land | 1.86 sq mi (4.82 km2) |
| • Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2) |
| Elevation | 856 ft (261 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,712 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,696 |
| • Density | 920.4/sq mi (355.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 920 |
| FIPS code | 55-25150 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1564844 |
| Website | http://fallriverwi.com/ |
Fall River is a village in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States, along the North Fork of the Crawfish River. The population was 1,712 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Fall River was originally settled by Yankee settlers from New England who were descended from the English Puritans that settled New England in the 1600s. One influential Yankee settler in Fall River was a man named Alfred Brayton. Alfred Brayton named the town after his father's family's home town of Fall River, Massachusetts.
Fall River is located at 43°23′7″N 89°2′45″W / 43.38528°N 89.04583°W (43.385346, -89.045818).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.92 square miles (4.97 km2), of which, 1.86 square miles (4.82 km2) of it is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) is water.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,712 people, 617 households, and 461 families residing in the village. The population density was 920.4 inhabitants per square mile (355.4/km2). There were 671 housing units at an average density of 360.8 per square mile (139.3/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 96.0% White, 0.7% African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.0% of the population.
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