New Glarus
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village in Green County, Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- County
- Green
- Named after
- Canton of Glarus , Switzerland
- Village board president
- Roger Truttman
- Total
- 1.80 sq mi (4.65 km )
- Land
- 1.80 sq mi (4.65 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 899 ft (274 m)
- Density
- 1,261/sq mi (486.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 55-56700
- Website
- www .newglarusvillage .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Canton of Glarus
- Official name
- New Glarus
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Green County
- Population
- 2266
- Area
- 4.611708
- Elevation
- 274
- Official website
- www.newglarusvillage.com
- Image
- New Glarus Village Hall.JPG
- Households
- 815
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- Commons category
- New Glarus, Wisconsin
- twinned administrative body
- Glarus
- postal code
- 53574
- inception
- 1845-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 32205
- different from
- New Glarus Town
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
New Glarus is a village in Green County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,266 at the 2020 census. It was founded in 1845 by immigrants from the canton of Glarus in eastern Switzerland, from which the village takes its name. It is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highways 69 and 39 within the Madison metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “New Glarus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.