Editing Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Utica, Wisconsin
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

<!-- Images -->
|image_skyline            = Utica Town Hall in Winnebago County, Wisconsin.jpg
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Town hall
|image_flag               = 
|image_seal               =

<!-- Maps -->
|image_map                = WIMap-doton-Utica_b.png
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
|image_map1               = 
|mapsize1                 = 
|map_caption1             =

<!-- Location -->
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Wisconsin]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Wisconsin|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Winnebago County, Wisconsin|Winnebago]]

<!-- Government -->
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
|leader_name              = 
|leader_title1            = 
|leader_name1             = 
|established_title        = 
|established_date         =

<!-- Area -->
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = 
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 92.9
|area_land_km2            = 92.0
|area_water_km2           = 0.8
|area_total_sq_mi         = 
|area_land_sq_mi          = 
|area_water_sq_mi         =

<!-- Population -->
|population_as_of         = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 1299
|population_density_km2   = 14.1
|population_density_sq_mi =

<!-- General information -->
|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name="GR3" />
|elevation_m              = 265
|elevation_ft             = 
|coordinates              = {{coord|43|56|44|N|88|42|2|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = 
|postal_code              = 
|area_code                = [[Area code 920|920]]  
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 55-82175<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 1584323<ref name="GR3">{{GNIS|1584323}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|www.townofutica.org}}
|footnotes                = 
}}
[[Image:Residence of J.H. Maxwell, Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, from 1880 book History of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and early history of the Northwest.jpg|thumb|Residence of J.H. Maxwell, 19th century.]]
'''Utica''' (formerly '''Welaunee''') is a  [[political subdivisions of Wisconsin|town]]  in [[Winnebago County, Wisconsin|Winnebago County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States. The population was 1,299 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5513982175| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212162713/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US5513982175| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Utica town, Winnebago County, Wisconsin| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=January 31, 2013}}</ref> The unincorporated communities of [[Elo, Wisconsin|Elo]], [[Fisk, Wisconsin|Fisk]], and [[Pickett, Wisconsin|Pickett]] are located in the town.

== History ==
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 Church (United States)|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 (United States, 1840)|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].<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.Oshkosh1856 Mitchel, Martin and Osborn, Joseph H. ''Geographical and statistical history of the county of Winnebago ... to which is prefixed a general view of the state of Wisconsin, together with a census table from its first settlement to the present time. '' Oskosh: Mitchel and Smith, 1856; pp. 110-111]</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|92.9|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|92.0|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.8|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 0.88%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Economy==
[[Utica Energy]] is an [[ethanol]] plant in Utica.

==Demographics==
In 1855 there were six schoolhouses with 276 students, and a total of 824 inhabitants. The population was principally composed of emigrants from the older states, with a large portion of [[Welsh people|Welsh]].

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,168 people, 453 households, and 353 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 32.6 people per square mile (12.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 469 housing units at an average density of 13.1 per square mile (5.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 99.23% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.17% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.17% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.17% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.26% from two or more races.

There were 453 households, out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 106.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $49,800, and the median income for a family was $54,938. Males had a median income of $34,375 versus $23,409 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $21,518. About 1.7% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==

* [[Thomas J. Bowles (American politician)|Thomas J. Bowles]], Wisconsin State Representative, lived in the town<ref>{{cite book|title=THE BLUE BOOK OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN|year=1881|page=527}}</ref>
* [[Frank A. Leach (Wisconsin politician)|Frank Leach]], Wisconsin State Representative, lived in the town. Leach served on the Utica Town Board<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1875,' Biographical Sketch of Frank A. Leach, pg. 338</ref>
* [[Henry I. Weed]], Wisconsin State Senator, lived in the town<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1901,' Biographical Sketch of Henry Irwin Weed,' pg. 734-735</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Winnebago County, Wisconsin}}

[[Category:1848 establishments in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Towns in Winnebago County, Wisconsin]]