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Rock County, WI Housing Statistics

Rock county wisconsin dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units62,187100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached45,15072.61-unit, attached1…

Rock County, WI Census Data

Wisconsin Rock County, Wisconsin People QuickFactsRock CountyWisconsinPopulation, 2005 estimate 157,5385,536,201Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 3.4%3.2%Population,…

kettle

(Encyclopedia) kettle, oval depression found in glacial moraines, which are landforms made up of rock debris. When a glacier melts and draws away from an area, a block of ice may break off and be…

Fort Hood

(Encyclopedia) Fort Hood, U.S. army post, 209,000 acres (84,580 hectares), central Tex., near Killeen; est. 1942 on the site of old Fort Gates and named for Confederate Gen. John Hood. It is one of…

shaft sinking

(Encyclopedia) shaft sinking, excavation from the surface of an opening in the earth. Shafts, which are generally vertical, are usually distinguished from tunnels, which are horizontal. Little…

Amherst, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Amherst, town, N central N.S., Canada. Amherst has a variety of light industries and is a service center for the surrounding agricultural region. Nearby are salt beds.…

Liard

(Encyclopedia) LiardLiardlēˈärdˌ [key], river, 755 mi (1,215 km) long, rising in the Pelly Mts., SE Yukon, Canada, and flowing SE into N British Columbia, passing through the main range of the Rocky…

Anderson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Robert, 1805–71, American army officer, defender of Fort Sumter, b. near Louisville, Ky., grad. West Point, 1825. He fought in the Black Hawk, Seminole, and Mexican wars and…

Fort Lauderdale

(Encyclopedia) Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale lôˈdərdāl [key], residential, commercial, and resort city (2020 pop.…