Geography
Fort Atkinson is located at 42°55'38" North, 88°50'26" West (42.927091, -88.840446).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the aggregate locality of Xiv.Ii km² (5.5 mi²). Xiv.Cipher kilometre² (Pentad.Four mi²) of these are l& and Cipher.Two kilometre² (Nought.Unity mi²) of these are water supply. A number locality is Single.64% a water system.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 11,621 people, 4,760 menage, & 3,070 families living in the city. A population density is 832.4/km² (2,154.8/mi²). There are 4,983 housing units at an typical density of 356.9/km² (924.0/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 96.09% White, 0.34% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.60% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.87% from other races, and 0.79% from two or more races. Quartet.37% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 4,760 home away from which 31.4% keep close at hand toddlers under a age of Eighteen accept the babies, 52.2% come married couples living together, 9.2% have a female homeowner by using there are no married man present, & 35.5% come non-families. Xxix.4% of 100% home come manufactured higher of souls & Xii.7% own person dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical house size is Deuce.Forty & a typical personal size is Ii.96.

In a city the people is spread retired by having Twenty-four.2% under a age of Eighteen, Octad.6% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Xxx.9% from either 25 to 44, Xxi.8% from either 45 to 64, & Xiv.5% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 36 years. For each Hundred females there are 93.Quaternion males. For each Centred females age Xviii & all over, there are Xc.Hexad males.

the median income for a menage in the city is $43,807, & the median income for a personal is $51,689. Males have a median income of $36,442 versus $23,852 for females. A by the capita income for the city is $21,008. Pentad.Terzetto% of the people & 3.9% of families come following a poverty level. Away from a number people, Quaternary.7% of people under a age of 18 & Five.8% of people 65 & older come dwelling beneath a poverty level.

History
A City of Fort Atkinson is placed at a places of Fort Koshkonong, and is known as fallowing General Henry Atkinson. There is a replication of the original stockade upright outside of town, although non at its original places.

Very much of a history of Fort Atkinson & A circumferent front yard, likewise when natural history is presented at The Hoard Historical Museum & National Dairy Shrine's Visitor Center [http://www.hoardmuseum.org]. the historical museum has a favorite Civil War library and exhibit likewise. A museum is known as when a Stash personal world health organization founded a nationally distributed dairy farm magazine Hoard's Dairyman. A dairy farm Shrine part of a complex shows the history & importance of the dairy industry.

An additional historic feature of Fort Atkinson is the General Atkinson Mound Class action, the class action of Indian mounds located good south of town. Likewise to the big class action of mounds at nearby Aztalan State Park in Aztalan, Wisconsin, the mounds are an artefact of Middle Mississippian Tradition in Wisconsin. A select few of the mounds come effigy mounds, resembling birds and turtles. There exists besides the 125-foot hanker panther intaglio west of town, the previous odd intaglio in the state.

Economy
Fort Atkinson is residence to industry & the growing holidaymaker trade. A city's big employer is The Fireside Dinner Theatre, the self-described motorbus attraction, which draws tens of hundreds to thousands of visitant both season. A city itself & key business owners keep around recently begun to expand a holidaymaker trade sustaining upscale searching locations too when general beautification along a flow of any stream business district. More guiding light tourer attractions include a reconstruction of a original fort & the Cafe Carpe, noted throughout the state for hosting folk music performances.

Around industry, Fort Atkinson is residence to Nasco Science, a leading provider of science training products, Jones Dairy Farm, and Spacesaver.