Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
| Utica, Wisconsin | |
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| Town | |
 Location of Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates: 43°56′44″N 88°42′2″W / 43.94556°N 88.70056°WCoordinates: 43°56′44″N 88°42′2″W / 43.94556°N 88.70056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Winnebago |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35.9 sq mi (92.9 km2) |
| • Land | 35.5 sq mi (92.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 869 ft (265 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,299 |
| • Density | 37/sq mi (14.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 920 |
| FIPS code | 55-82175 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1584323 |
| Website | www |
Utica (formerly Welaunee) is a town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,299 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Elo, Fisk, and Pickett are located in the town.
The town's first European settlement was in 1846, the area then being part of the Town of Rushford, Wisconsin. Among the first known settlers were people named Leth, Harris, Armine Pickett, D. H. Nash, Lucius Hawley, E. B. Fish, J. M. Little and Hiram McKee. McKee, a Wesleyan Methodist was the first clergyman in town and held the first religious meeting. The first settlement was made on Liberty Prairie, in the central part of this township. (Liberty Prairie took its name from the attachment of many of the early settlers to the principles of the newly organized Liberty Party. On the Fourth of July 1846, the first season of the new settlement was celebrated by these pioneers in a grove, "with the doctrines of '76 declared as their political creed, an oration delivered by Rev. H. McKee, and the prairie christened with the imposing name of 'Liberty.'") Nearly the whole township was claimed within two years, and March 11, 1848 it was organized as a separate town under the name of Utica; the first town meeting was held at the house of Mr. Lucius Hawley, D. H. Nash was elected to the office of chairman of the board supervisors and Ely N. Hyde, town clerk. The town continued under the name of Utica until 1856, at which time it was changed to Welaunee.
As of 1856 there were two post offices in the town, Welaunee or Weelaunee [now Pickett] and Fisks Corners [now Fisk].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.9 square miles (92.9 km2), of which 35.5 square miles (92.0 km2) is land and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2), or 0.88%, is water.
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