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

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<!-- Population -->| population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] | population_footnotes = | population_total = 4183 | population_density_km2 = 62.3 | population_density_sq_mi = 161.3

<!-- 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 = 267 | elevation_ft = 876 | coordinates = {{coord|43|9|33|N|89|25|33|W|region:US-WI|display=inline}} | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_codes = [[Area code 608|608]], 353 | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 55-86125<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 = 1584415<ref name="GR3" /> | website = | footnotes = }} '''Westport''' is a [[Political subdivisions of Wisconsin#Town|town]] in [[Dane County, Wisconsin]], United States. Its population was 4,183 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is a [[suburb]] of [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]].

==History== The town was named after [[Westport, County Mayo]], in Ireland because many of the early settlers were from there.<ref name="WIpn">{{cite book|last1=Gard|first1=Ropbert E.|title=The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names|date=2015|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|isbn=9780870207082|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J8auCgAAQBAJ|pages=733–734}}</ref> The [[political subdivisions of Wisconsin#Village|village]] of [[Waunakee, Wisconsin|Waunakee]] was carved out of the town in 1893, leaving the remainder of the town on both sides. Other portions have been annexed by the cities of Madison and [[Middleton, Wisconsin|Middleton]]. A portion of the former [[Madison (town), Wisconsin|Town of Madison]] on the northern shore of [[Lake Mendota]] was transferred to Westport.

In September 2024, the town's board of supervisors voted to support a petition to incorporate as a village, and it filed a petition with Wisconsin's Incorporation Review Board in July 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.townofwestport.org/home/news/news-update-westport-move-forward-incorporation-filing |title=News Update: Westport to Move Forward with Incorporation Filing |access-date=July 17, 2025 |website=The Town of Wesport|date=July 8, 2025}}</ref>

==Geography== [[File:Westport, Wisconsin.jpg|thumb|alt=Westport,_Wisconsin|Aerial view of Westport]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 27.2&nbsp;square miles (70.6&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 5.0&nbsp;square miles (13.0&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (18.39%) are covered by water.

[[Governor Nelson State Park]] is located in the town.

==Demographics== At the [[2000 United States census]], 3,586 people, 1,546 households, and 1,049 families lived in the town. The population density was 161.3 people per square mile (62.3/km{{sup|2}}). The 1,752 housing units had an average density of 78.8 per square mile (30.4/km{{sup|2}}). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 97.69% White, 0.61% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.86% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.25% from other races, and 0.33% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 0.78%.<ref name="GR2" />

Of the 1,546 households, 25.3% had children under 18 living with them, 62.4% were married couples living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were not families. About 25.5% of households were one person and 7.6% were one person 65 or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.80.

The age distribution was 20.8% under 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 32.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% were 65 or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.3 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 101.8 males.

The median income for a household was $64,750 and for a family was $75,357. Males had a median income of $51,671 versus $34,671 for females. The per capita income for the town was $40,268. About 0.7% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none under 18 and 3.5% of those 65 or over.

==Notable people== * [[Edward E. Fitzgibbon]], a Wisconsin state representative, farmer, and teacher, lived in the town; Fitzgibbon served as Westport town clerk.<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1885,' Biographical Sketch of Edward Edwin Fitz Gibbon, pg. 429</ref> * [[John H. Tierney]], Wisconsin state representative and farmer, lived in the town; Tierney served as chairman of the Westport town board.<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1880,' Biographical Sketch of John H. Tierney, pg. 510</ref>

==References==

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==External links== * [http://www.townofwestport.org Town of Westport, Wisconsin website]

{{Madison}} {{Dane County, Wisconsin}} {{Authority control}}

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