Shorewood, Wisconsin facts for kids
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Shorewood, Wisconsin
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Location of Shorewood in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  Wisconsin |
| County | Milwaukee |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.59 sq mi (4.12 km2) |
| • Land | 1.59 sq mi (4.12 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 679 ft (207 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 13,859 |
| • Density | 8,716/sq mi (3,350/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 414 |
| FIPS code | 55-73725 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1574071 |
Shorewood is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 13,859 at the 2020 census.
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Geography
Shorewood is located at 43°05′31″N 87°53′11″W / 43.092061°N 87.886333°W (43.092061, -87.886333).
Nestled between the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan, Shorewood is bordered by the City of Milwaukee to the south and west and Whitefish Bay to the north. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.59 square miles (4.12 km2), all of it land.
History
Shorewood originally seceded from the Town of Milwaukee in 1900 and was known as East Milwaukee until changing to its present name in 1917.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1910 | 707 | — | |
| 1920 | 2,650 | 274.8% | |
| 1930 | 13,479 | 408.6% | |
| 1940 | 15,184 | 12.6% | |
| 1950 | 16,199 | 6.7% | |
| 1960 | 15,990 | −1.3% | |
| 1970 | 15,576 | −2.6% | |
| 1980 | 14,327 | −8.0% | |
| 1990 | 14,116 | −1.5% | |
| 2000 | 13,763 | −2.5% | |
| 2010 | 13,162 | −4.4% | |
| 2020 | 13,859 | 5.3% | |
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2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 13,162 people, 6,381 households, and 3,109 families living in the village. The population density was 8,278.0 inhabitants per square mile (3,196.2/km2). There were 6,750 housing units at an average density of 4,245.3 per square mile (1,639.1/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 88.1% White, 2.9% African American, 0.2% Native American, 5.6% Asian, 0.8% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.4% of the population.
There were 6,381 households, of which 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.0% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 51.3% were non-families. 39.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.06 and the average family size was 2.83.
The median age in the village was 37.2 years. 19.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 13% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28% were from 25 to 44; 26.6% were from 45 to 64; and 13% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 46.8% male and 53.2% female.
Notable people
- Frankie Abernathy - reality TV star
- Les Aspin - U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1993), U.S. Secretary of Defense (1993–1994)
- Kate Baldwin - Broadway actress, 2010 Tony Award nominee for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for Finian's Rainbow
- Bill Carollo - NFL referee
- Dickey Chapelle - photojournalist and first female war correspondent
- John Fiedler - (1925–2005) voice actor and character actor in stage, film, television, and radio; voice of Piglet in Disney's Winnie the Pooh productions, played role of Mr. Peterson, nervous patient on The Bob Newhart Show.
- Paul C. Gartzke - Presiding Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
- Herschel Burke Gilbert - film and television composer
- Jerry Harrison - keyboardist for the Talking Heads and The Modern Lovers
- Walter Heller - Economic adviser to Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy
- Kirby Hendee - Wisconsin State Senator
- Ari Herstand - singer/songwriter, now based out of L.A.
- Robert Watson Landry - Wisconsin State Representative
- Stephen R. Leopold - Wisconsin State Representative
- Jack Nagle - NBA scout
- Betty Jo Nelsen - Wisconsin State Representative
- Pat Peppler - NFL general manager and head coach
- Charlotte Rae - actress on The Facts of Life, 1944 graduate of Shorewood High School
- William Rehnquist - U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1941 graduate of Shorewood High School
- Ben L. Salomon - recipient of World War II Medal of Honor
- Jim Sensenbrenner - U.S. Representative
- Leif Shiras - professional tennis player
- Judy Tyler - actress.
- Jerry Zucker, David Zucker, and Jim Abrahams - co-directors of movies Airplane! and Top Secret! grew up in Shorewood; the bogus East German national anthem sung in Top Secret! is actually the Shorewood High School fight song with comic lyrics.
- Katie Eder - activist and social entrepreneur, founder of 50 Miles More, Kids Tales, and The Future Coalition
Education
The Shorewood School District maintains four public schools:
- Shorewood High School – serving grades 9 through 12
- Shorewood Intermediate School – serving grades 7 and 8
- Atwater Elementary School – serving 4K through grade 6
- Lake Bluff Elementary School – serving 4K through grade 6
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee maintains one Catholic school in Shorewood, St. Robert School, which serves kindergarten through grade 8.
Images for kids
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The NRHP-listed Thomas Bossert House is one of several Flagg-system houses in Shorewood that date to the mid-1920s.
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Benjamin Church House
See also
In Spanish: Shorewood (Wisconsin) para niños
