Lodi

History

The scenic Town of Lodi area had long been a home of Native Americans before the first settlers, Marston and George Bartholomew, arrived in 1845 and staked their claim. By 1846 a county government was established which created Pleasant Valley Precinct. The Town of Lodi was created in 1849. Isaac Palmer founded the village of Lodi in 1846 in what was then the Pleasant Valley Precinct of the Wisconsin Territory. He named it after Lodi, in Italy. Palmer chose this glaciated valley as the location for the village because of its water power potential. Spring Creek powered a sawmill that year and a grist mill followed in 1850. *Frank T. and Polly Lewis House *Lodi School Hillside Improvement Site *Portage Street Historic District

Geography

Lodi is located at (43.314296, −89.530994). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Spring Creek, which runs from the Lodi Marsh through downtown Lodi and empties into Lake Wisconsin, is a local spring-fed brown trout stream. Portions of the creek do not freeze over the winter and thus serve as host to brown trout and waterfowl, particularly mallards. Lodi has adopted a Spring Creek resident mallard, which the residents have named "Susie the Duck", as a mascot. The city is completely surrounded by the town of Lodi.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,752
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  13,660
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  12,908
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  12,565
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  12,505
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  10,541
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,506
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10,302

Largest nearby schools

• Lodi High
  High · Lodi · 451 students · 12.5:1 ratio
• Poynette Elementary
  Elementary · Poynette · 412 students · 12.5:1 ratio
• Lodi Primary
  Elementary · Lodi · 395 students · 16.5:1 ratio
• Lodi Middle
  Middle · Lodi · 335 students · 12:1 ratio
• Poynette High
  High · Poynette · 307 students · 13.3:1 ratio
• Poynette Middle
  Middle · Poynette · 276 students · 11:1 ratio
• Lodi Elementary
  Elementary · Lodi · 230 students · 14.4:1 ratio
• Ouisconsing School of Collaboration
  Elementary · Lodi · 80 students · 16:1 ratio