Platteville
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city in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- County
- Grant
- Incorporated village
- 1841 ; 185 years ago ( 1841 )
- Incorporated city
- March 4, 1880 ; 146 years ago ( 1880-03-04 )
- City manager
- Clinton Langreck
- City
- 6.18 sq mi (16.00 km )
- Land
- 6.18 sq mi (16.00 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 991 ft (302 m)
- Estimate 2021
- 11,764
- Density
- 1,916/sq mi (739.7/km )
- Metro
- 49,681
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 55-63250
- Website
- http://www.platteville.org/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Platteville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Grant County
- Population
- 11836
- Area
- 14.125954
- Elevation
- 302
- Official website
- www.platteville.org
- Image
- Platteville, Wisconsin Main Street looking West.jpg
- Households
- 4265
- Dialing code
- 608
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- Commons category
- Platteville, Wisconsin
- postal code
- 53818
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Platteville, Wisconsin
- P12749
- Idi Amin
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 20781
- different from
- Platteville
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Platteville is the largest city in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 11,836 at the 2020 census. It is located atop the greater Platte River valley in the southern Driftless Region of Wisconsin, an area known for its karst topography and rolling hills. It is home to the University of Wisconsin–Platteville. It is the principal city of the Platteville micropolitan statistical area, which has an estimated population of 51,938.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Platteville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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