King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

King, Wisconsin
King, Wisconsin
Census-designated place
	Location of King, Wisconsin
	Coordinates: 44°20′15″N 89°08′30″W / 44.33750°N 89.14167°WCoordinates: 44°20′15″N 89°08′30″W / 44.33750°N 89.14167°W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Waupaca
Area
• Total	2.326 sq mi (6.02 km2)
• Land	2.158 sq mi (5.59 km2)
• Water	0.168 sq mi (0.44 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,750
• Density	750/sq mi (290/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code	55-13885
GNIS feature ID	1567492

King is a census-designated place in Town of Farmington, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.^[3] As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,750.^[4] Before 2010, it was part of the Chain O' Lakes-King, Wisconsin CDP.^[5]

History[]

In 1887, the area was selected by the Grand Army of the Republic for the site of a veterans' home. The Soldiers' Home was later renamed the Wisconsin Veterans Home.^[6] The community is named for General Charles King, a Wisconsin soldier and head of the state's National Guard.^[7]

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=5264
^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
^ Bureau, US Census. "Site Maintenance" (PDF). censtats.census.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
^ Kim J. Heltemes. Wisconsin Veterans Home at King. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2004. ISBN 0-7385-3285-1
^ "General Charles King Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2016-04-11.

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show v t Municipalities and communities of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Waupaca
Cities	Clintonville Manawa Marion‡ New London‡ Waupaca Weyauwega
Villages	Big Falls Embarrass Fremont Iola Ogdensburg Scandinavia
Towns	Bear Creek Caledonia Dayton Dupont Farmington Fremont Harrison Helvetia Iola Larrabee Lebanon Lind Little Wolf Matteson Mukwa Royalton Scandinavia St. Lawrence Union Waupaca Weyauwega Wyoming
CDPs	Chain O' Lakes King Northport
Unincorporated communities	Baldwins Mill Bear Creek Corners Buckbee Carmel Cobb Town Evanswood Gills Landing Hunting‡ Lind Center Little Hope Nicholson North Readfield Norske Northland Ostrander Parfreyville Readfield Red Banks Royalton Rural Schmidt Corner Shaw Landing Sheridan Symco
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