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Lake Geneva, WI

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
City
Main Street Historic District in  Lake Geneva
Location of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Location of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 42°35′33″N 88°26′4″W / 42.59250°N 88.43444°W / 42.59250; -88.43444Coordinates: 42°35′33″N 88°26′4″W / 42.59250°N 88.43444°W / 42.59250; -88.43444
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Walworth
Government
 • Mayor Jim Connors
 • Administrator Dennis Jordan
 • City Council Current Council Members
Area
 • Total 6.55 sq mi (16.96 km2)
 • Land 6.54 sq mi (16.94 km2)
 • Water 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation 879 ft (268 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 7,651
 • Estimate (2012) 7,710
 • Density 1,169.9/sq mi (451.7/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 53147
Area code(s) 262 Exchanges: 248,249,348
FIPS code 55-41450
GNIS feature ID 1581223
Website www.cityoflakegeneva.com

Lake Geneva is a city in Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA. The population was 7,651 at the 2010 census. A resort city located on Geneva Lake, it is popular with tourists from metropolitan Chicago and Milwaukee.

Originally called "Muck-Suck" (Big Foot) for a Potawatomi chief, the city was later named Geneva after the town of Geneva, New York, located on Seneca Lake, to which early settler John Brink saw a resemblance. Geneva, to avoid confusion with the nearby town of Geneva, Illinois, was renamed Lake Geneva; the abutting lake is named Geneva Lake.

Railroad access from Chicago made the area a popular summer retreat for the barons of wealth in lumber, cattle, oil, steel, cement, manufacturing, and durable goods (e.g., Morton Salt, Wrigley Chewing Gum), with mansions and large homes such as Stone Manor and Black Point built on the lake from the 1850s, through the heyday of the Roaring 20s, and up to the present day. The city was then known as "The Newport of the West." In the early automobile era, the city hosted the first modern drive-in motel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and later during Prohibition smaller lake towns around the area became a haven for Al Capone and other mobsters.

In 1954, Lake Geneva was one of the three finalists for the location of the new United States Air Force Academy, but ultimately lost to Colorado Springs, Colorado.


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