Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin | |
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Village | |
Frank Lloyd Wright's First Unitarian Society Meeting House
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Location in Dane County and the state of Wisconsin. |
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Coordinates: 43°4′43″N 89°26′43″W / 43.07861°N 89.44528°WCoordinates: 43°4′43″N 89°26′43″W / 43.07861°N 89.44528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wisconsin |
County | Dane |
Area | |
• Total | 0.80 sq mi (2.07 km2) |
• Land | 0.80 sq mi (2.07 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
Elevation | 889 ft (271 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,565 |
• Estimate (2012) | 1,603 |
• Density | 1,956.3/sq mi (755.3/km2) |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Area code(s) | 608 |
FIPS code | 55-73750 |
GNIS feature ID | 1574072 |
Shorewood Hills is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. It was established in 1927. The population was 1,565 at the 2010 census. A suburb entirely surrounded by the city of Madison and Lake Mendota, it is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Shorewood Hills is located at 43°4′43″N 89°26′43″W / 43.07861°N 89.44528°W (43.078562, -89.445332).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.80 square miles (2.07 km2), all of it land.
The village is bounded on the east by the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, on the south by University Avenue, on the west by the Indian Hills neighborhood of Madison and on the north by Lake Mendota.
Shorewood Hills is served by the Shorewood Hills Police Department. Prior to 2014, the Shorewood Hills Fire Department provided fire and emergency medical services to the village. Starting in 2014, a contract with the city of Madison was established, in which the Madison Fire Department began providing these services to the village of Shorewood Hills.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,565 people, 620 households, and 478 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,956.3 inhabitants per square mile (755.3/km2). There were 660 housing units at an average density of 825.0 per square mile (318.5/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 91.2% White, 1.0% African American, 0.1% Native American, 5.2% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.8% of the population.