Page Contents for Janesville, Wisconsin

Statistics & Facts

Location

Historical Events

Organizations, Churches, and Sports.

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Statistics & Facts

The Wisconsin state capital is Madison.
The population of Janesville is approximately 52,133 (1990), 63575 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 21,153 (1990), 25828 (2010).
The amount of land area in Janesville is 60.917 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 1.469 sq kilometers.
The distance from Janesville to Washington DC is 708 miles.
The distance to the Wisconsin state capital is 33 miles. (as the crow flies)
Janesville is positioned 42.68 degrees north of the equator and 89.01 degrees west of the prime meridian.

Location

in southern Wisconsin in the general Madison area, not far from Beloit and the Illinois border.
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Janesville Historical Events

1993
In 1993 Janesville became the first city in the world to have the largest accessible and most accessible playground in the world. CAMDEN playground was started by volunteers in September of 1992 and completed in May, 1993. Appx 3,500 volunteers worked over 5 week period to build this very unique playground in Janesville, the City of Parks.