Tag: Westby

Westby is a city in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,045 at the 2000 census.
Westby was named after general store owner and Civil War Union soldier Ole T. Westby of Biri, Norway, where many of the city’s Norwegian-American settlers originated. The Coon Prairie Lutheran Church in Westby was begun in 1851.
Westby is located at 43°39′14″N 90°51′33″W / 43.65389°N 90.85917°W / 43.65389; -90.85917 (43.653861, -90.859034), at the headwaters of the Bad Axe River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.3 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,045 people, 840 households, and 554 families residing in the city. The population density was 841.9 people per square mile (324.9/km²). There were 906 housing units at an average density of 373.0 per square mile (144.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.12% White (mostly Norwegian-American), 0.24% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.49% from…