{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Town of Porter, Wisconsin | settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Town|Town]] | nickname = | motto = <!-- Images --> | image_skyline = Porter Town Hall.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Town hall | image_flag = | image_seal = <!-- Maps --> | image_map = Rock County Wisconsin incorporated and unincorporated areas Porter highlighted.svg | mapsize = 260px | map_caption = Location in [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]] and the state of [[Wisconsin]].

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<!-- Population -->| population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] | population_footnotes = | population_total = 969 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = auto

<!-- 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|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref> | elevation_m = 264 | elevation_ft = 866 | coordinates = {{coord|42|48|46|N|89|11|50|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 = 55-64225<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 1583956<ref name="GR3" /> | website = http://porterwi.com | footnotes = }} The '''Town of Porter''' is a located in [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States. The population was 969 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census">{{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Porter town, Rock County, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Porter+town,+Rock+County,+Wisconsin |access-date=March 2, 2026 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> The unincorporated communities of [[Cooksville, Wisconsin|Cooksville]] and [[Stebbinsville, Wisconsin|Stebbinsville]] are located in the town.

==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 36.4&nbsp;square miles (94.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 36.1&nbsp;square miles (93.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.4&nbsp;square mile (1.0&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) (1.02%) is water.

==Demographics== As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 925 people, 340 households, and 256 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 25.7 people per square mile (9.9/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 365 housing units at an average density of 10.1 per square mile (3.9/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 98.92% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.11% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.11% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.76% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.11% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.84% of the population.

There were 340 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 2.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families. 17.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $51,250, and the median income for a family was $55,417. Males had a median income of $35,769 versus $29,531 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $22,025. About 4.2% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.5% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people== * [[Mary Stebbins Savage]], writer, poet * [[David F. Sayre]], Wisconsin State Representative, farmer, and lawyer, lived on a farm in the town<ref>A. J. Turner (ed.). ''[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=goto&id=WI.WIBlueBk1873&page=451&isize=L The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin]''. Madison: Atwood & Culver, 1873, p. 451.</ref> * [[Harrison Stebbins]], Wisconsin State Representative and farmer, lived on a [[Harrison Stebbins House|historic farm]] in the town; Stebbins served as chairman of the Porter Town Board<ref>''[http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wch/id/16542 Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wisconsin]''. Chicago: Acme Publishing Company, 1889. pp. 714-716.</ref>

==See also== * [[List of towns in Wisconsin]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category-inline|Porter, Wisconsin}} *[https://www.porterwi.com/ Town of Porter Official Website]

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[[Category:Towns in Rock County, Wisconsin]] [[Category:Towns in Wisconsin]]