King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

King, Wisconsin
Census-designated place

Location of King, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44°20′15″N 89°08′30″W / 44.33750°N 89.14167°W / 44.33750; -89.14167Coordinates: 44°20′15″N 89°08′30″W / 44.33750°N 89.14167°W / 44.33750; -89.14167
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	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
FIPS code	55-13885^[1]
GNIS feature ID	1567492

King is a census-designated place in Town of Farmington, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.^[2] As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,750.^[3] Before 2010, it was part of the Chain O' Lakes-King, Wisconsin CDP.^[4]

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.^[5] The community is named for General Charles King, a Wisconsin soldier and head of the state's National Guard.^[6]

King, Wisconsin

King water tower overlooking the Veterans Cottages Historic District

Highway sign for King along Wisconsin Highway 22

King Fire Department

Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery

Rainbow Lake as seen from the Wisconsin Veterans Home

↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=5264
↑ "American FactFinder". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
↑ Bureau, US Census. "Site Maintenance" (PDF). censtats.census.gov. 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.

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

Ghost towns	Granite City Granite Quarry Hatton Little Wolf Marble Nowell Petersville

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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