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Harrington Beach State Park is a 715-acre (289 ha) Wisconsin state park [1] on the shore of Lake Michigan in the Town of Belgium. In addition to a mile-long beach, the park contains a white cedar swamp surrounding a 26-acre (11 ha) lake that used to be a stone quarry. The park provides campgrounds, hiking trails, picnic, and bird watch areas.
The median age in the village was 50.6 years. 23.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 3.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 16.2% were from 25 to 44; 29.8% were from 45 to 64; and 27.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 46.4% male and 53.6% female.
Harrison is a village in Calumet and Outagamie Counties, [4] Wisconsin, United States. [3] It is a part of the Appleton, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village was created on March 8, 2013, from unincorporated areas of the Town of Harrison [5] and a portion of the Town of Buchanan: the right of way along County Trunk Highway KK in Outagamie County. [6]
The park is located across the Mississippi River from the city's downtown riverfront. Its facilities include walking trails, fishing docks, a beach, and a disc golf course. The park is named after Albert Wells Pettibone (1827–1915), a former mayor of the city of La Crosse who privately funded the creation of the park.
Lake Park was designed in the late 19th century by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park in New York City along with many others. Believing that access to nature had a civilizing and restorative effect on the urban public, Olmsted designed Lake Park in the Romantic tradition, with a preference for natural (over formal) landscaping, winding paths, a variety of vistas ...
The Town of Burlington is located in Racine County, Wisconsin.The population was 6,465 at the 2020 census. The City of Burlington is located mostly within the town. The census-designated places of Bohners Lake, and Browns Lake are located within the town.
He built fences to restrict Black residents' beach and lakefront access, but when the residents filed a civil suit, a judge ruled that the lake was a public good, and Sternaman abandoned his plans and left the area. [3] Black families continued to move to the area after World War II, making it a year-round community by the 1970s.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 29.9% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 33.7% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.2 males.