Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin

Big Foot Prairie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It was named a CDP for the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 22.[3] It is located in the Town of Walworth along U.S. Highway 14, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the Village of Walworth.[4] The community of Big Foot Prairie extends south into McHenry County, Illinois, where there is a CDP of the same name in Chemung Township.

For the neighboring CDP in Illinois, see Big Foot Prairie, Illinois.
Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin
Census-designated place
Big Foot Prairie is located in Wisconsin
Big Foot Prairie
Big Foot Prairie
Big Foot Prairie is located in the United States
Big Foot Prairie
Big Foot Prairie
Coordinates: 42°29′43″N 88°35′57″W
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyWalworth
TownWalworth
Area
[1]
 • Total0.032 sq mi (0.08 km2)
 • Land0.032 sq mi (0.08 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
955 ft (291 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total22
 • Density687.5/sq mi (265.4/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
53184 (Walworth)
Area codes262
FIPS code55-07315
GNIS feature ID2807534[2]

History

The community is named for Big Foot, a Potawatomi leader who resided on nearby Kishwauketoe (today known as Geneva Lake) until his band was forcibly removed by the United States in 1836. It once had a post office, which opened on May 15, 1848.[5]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202022—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
2020[3]

Notable people

References
  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. "Big Foot Prairie Census Designated Place, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. "Big Foot Prairie CDP, Wisconsin". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  4. Wisconsin Department of Transportation (2011). Walworth Co. (PDF) (Map). 1:100,000. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  5. Callary, Edward (2009). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 425.
  6. "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  7. Beckwith, Albert Clayton (1912). "Biographical Sketch of Phipps Waldo Lake". History of Walworth County, Wisconsin. Vol. II. B.F. Bowen & Company. pp. 936–938.
  8. History of Walworth County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1882. p. 807. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
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