DeForest, Wisconsin

Deer Park
(Saint Croix County)

De Forest
(Dane County)

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The village of DeForest is located in Dane County.

DeForest is 280 feet [85.34 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: DeForest lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Ohio has a community that is also named DeForest.

At the time of the 2000 Census, DeForest had a population of 7,368 people ^<2> (or 1.72% of the total population of Dane County). The population of DeForest represented 0.14% of the total of Wisconsin, making it the state's 114th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, DeForest had a population of 8,835 people. This is an increase of 19.91% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for DeForest.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	8,835	+19.91%	+1.23% since 2007
2007	8,728	+18.46%	+0.91% since 2006
2006	8,649	+17.39%	+1.6% since 2005
2005	8,513	+15.54%
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2000	7,368	The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Dunn	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	5,445	3.32% increase
Fitchburg	S	18 mi [28.97 km]	23,344	13.87% increase
Madison	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	6,295	10.14% decrease
Madison	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	231,916	11.47% increase
McFarland	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	7,767	21.06% increase
Middleton	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	4,398	4.27% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for DeForest.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Wisconsin ^<4>

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Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around DeForest - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for DeForest. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between DeForest and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<4>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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