{{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Burke, Wisconsin |settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Town|Town]] |nickname = |motto =

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<!-- General information --> |timezone = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]] |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref> |elevation_m = 286 |elevation_ft = 938 |coordinates = {{coord|43|9|54|N|89|17|43|W|region:US-WI|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = [[Area code 608|608]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 55-11150<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 1582887<ref name="GR3" /> |website = |footnotes = }} '''Burke''' is a [[Political subdivisions of Wisconsin#Town|town]] in [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States. The population was 3,265 at the 2020 census.<ref name="GR2"/> The unincorporated communities of [[Burke (community), Wisconsin|Burke]] and [[Seminary Springs, Wisconsin|Seminary Springs]] are in the town.

==History== Burke was named for Irish statesman [[Edmund Burke]], as most of its original residents were Irish.<ref name="Callary">{{cite book |last1=Callary |first1=Edward |title=Place Names of Wisconsin |date=2016 |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |location=Madison, Wisconsin |isbn=9780299309640 |page=43}}</ref> The town is set to be annexed by the City of Madison, the Village of DeForest, and the City of Sun Prairie by 2036.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cityofmadison.com/planning/pdf/BurkeDe.pdf |title=Final Cooperative Plan |access-date=March 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204422/http://www.cityofmadison.com/planning/pdf/BurkeDe.pdf |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 19.5&nbsp;square miles (50.5&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all land.

==Demographics== {{update|section|date=February 2023|reason=This could be updated with demographic information from the 2020 Census}} {{US Census population |2000= 2990 |2010= 3284 |2020= 3265 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=February 4, 2023}}</ref> }} At the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]] there were 2,990 people, 1,148 households, and 862 families living in the town. The population density was 153.4 people per square mile (59.2/km{{sup|2}}). There were 1,208 housing units at an average density of 62.0 per square mile (23.9/km{{sup|2}}). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 96.15% White, 0.90% African American, 0.27% Native American, 1.04% Asian, 0.43% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.57%.<ref name="GR2" />

Of the 1,148 households 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.9% were married couples living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.9% were non-families. 17.5% of households were one person and 4.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 2.95.

The age distribution was 24.0% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 32.4% from 25 to 44, 29.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.2 males.

The median household income was $67,273 and the median family income was $72,065. Males had a median income of $43,125 versus $29,469 for females. The per capita income for the town was $28,458. About 1.3% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==

* [[Hiram N. Moulton]], Mayor of [[Madison, Wisconsin]] * [[John M. Nelson]], U.S. Representative * [[Herman W. Sachtjen]], Wisconsin State Representative and jurist * [[William Robert Taylor]], Governor of [[Wisconsin]]

==References==

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==External links== *[http://www.townofburke.com Town of Burke, Wisconsin website] * [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ACDS4EXZLHNGG49A/full/AL53GX2XPAWCZV8Y 1861 plat map of Burke] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131103155702/http://www.danecountyhistory.org/1873plat/burke.html 1873 plat map] * [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AMLKDOFHSLSH2B8O/full/APHI2VZCN3REBS8M 1890 plat map] * [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AXMU73WY76543786/full/AZ3DBOET77KOCJ8U 1899 plat map] * [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A76GZD46RPMWXK8N/full/AQELGRNU3QF7YJ8X 1911 plat map] * [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ABJEKV2AMW3BKD86/full/A4PUC4KFKVMT2R8M 1947 plat map] * [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AG452RKVQX7FOJ8N/full/AUIPNWSNTXGFB79E 1955 plat map]

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