Juda, Wisconsin

Census-designated place in Wisconsin, United States
42°35′23″N 89°30′21″W / 42.58972°N 89.50583°W / 42.58972; -89.50583CountryUnited StatesStateWisconsinCountyGreenTownJeffersonArea
 • Total0.267 sq mi (0.69 km2) • Land0.267 sq mi (0.69 km2) • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)Elevation
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846 ft (258 m)Population
 (2010)
 • Total357 • Density1,300/sq mi (520/km2)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code608FIPS code[2]GNIS feature ID1577668[1]

Juda is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Jefferson, in Green County, Wisconsin, United States. Juda is 5 miles east of Monroe along Wisconsin State Highway 11, and 81. As of the 2010 census, its population was 357.[3] Juda is a part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.

On March 30, 1967, nine students from Juda's Union High School, all girls, were killed when a Delta Air Lines DC-8 jet crashed into the motel where they had been staying during a senior class trip to New Orleans, Louisiana.[4]

Education

  • The Juda School District is located in Juda.[5]

Notable people

  • Charle Newman, baseball player
  • Gabriel Zophy, Wisconsin politician

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Juda, Wisconsin
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  4. ^ "18 Killed as Jet Rips Motel, Sets Fires", Chicago Tribune, March 31, 1967, p1
  5. ^ http://www.judaschool.com/ Juda School District webpage
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