Janesville, Wisconsin | |
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![]() Downtown Janesville | |
Nickname(s): "Wisconsin's Park Place", "Bower City" | |
![]() Location of Janesville in Rock County, Wisconsin | |
Coordinates: 42°41′2″N 89°0′59″W / 42.68389°N 89.01639°W | |
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County | Rock |
Incorporated | 1853[1] |
Area | |
• City | 34.76 sq mi (90.03 km2) |
• Land | 34.16 sq mi (88.47 km2) |
• Water | 0.60 sq mi (1.56 km2) |
Population | |
• City | 65,615 |
• Rank | 10th in Wisconsin |
• Density | 1,890.37/sq mi (729.87/km2) |
• Metro | 163,687 |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP Codes | 53545–53548 |
Area code | 608 |
FIPS code | 55-37825 |
Website | www.janesvillewi.gov |
Janesville is a city in the state of Wisconsin in the United States.[4] It is the county seat of Rock County.[4] 65,615 people were living in Janesville as of the 2020 census.[3] Janesville has an area of 34.8 square miles.
The first settlers arrived in Janesville in 1835. It incorporated as a city in 1835.[5]