Filmed on Saturday, May 27 2023, I drive around the village Beaver Dam, WI to see what's happening.

Beaver Dam is a city in Dodge County, Wisconsin, along Beaver Dam Lake and the Beaver Dam River. The population was 16,708 at the 2020 census.

Beaver Dam was first settled by Thomas Mackie and Joseph Goetschius in 1841, and by 1843 had a population of almost 100. The city was named for an old beaver dam located in a stream flowing into Beaver Dam River.

Beaver Dam hosted a World War II prisoner of war camp called Camp Beaver Dam in the summer of 1944. The camp held 300 German prisoners in a tent city encampment where the Wayland Academy field house now stands.

As of the census of 2020, the population was 16,708.

The racial makeup of the city was 85.0% White, 1.7% Black or African American, 0.9% Asian, 0.3% Native American, 4.7% from other races, and 7.3% from two or more races. The population was 11.5% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median income for a household in the city was $55,551, and the per capita income for the city was $30,729.

About 6.2% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.2% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over. #driving #travel #drivingtour

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