City of Green Bay
Facts of Green Bay
Since the time of the glaciers, which receded roughly 10,000 years ago, the Fox River and Green Bay region has supported several Native American cultures with its rich fisheries, waterfowl, wild rice, forests and water. Archeological evidence shows these early people inhabited the Red Banks area on Green Bay's east shore as far back as 7000 BC.The Fox River divides the City into east and west sides which are connected by four bridges.
Don Tilleman Bridge: opened to traffic in 1973
Tower Drive Bridge: opened to traffic in 1979.
Walnut Street Bridge: opened to traffic 1987; replaced bridge that was built in 1910.
Ray Nitschke Bridge: opened to traffic 1998; replaced bridge that was built in 1924.
There are over 4,000 named streets in Brown County
The City of Green Bay covers 46.1 square miles or 29,489.64 acres. (Brown County covers 525 square miles or 338,443 acres).
As of March, 2006 the City has 35,609 parcels within its borders.
There are 455.57 miles of roadways in the City, and 21 miles of alleys.
The beltline around Metropolitan Green Bay is 22.4 miles and consists of US Highway 41, State Highway 172, and Interstate 43.
Lombardi Avenue was previously named Highland Avenue.
University Avenue was previously named Willow Street.
Green Bay has 500 miles of water lines.
We pump water from Lake Michigan, which started in 1957. Before the Lake Michigan pipeline, Green Bay had 10 wells.
At present we average 19 million gallons of water per day and serve 36,000 homes and businesses.
Storm sewers use up 387.57 miles, and sanitary sewers 462.70 miles.
Green Bay population (2000) is 103,750.
The population for Green Bay in past years:
1855 1,644
1860 2,276
1870 4,698
1875 8,037
1880 7,476
1885 7,111
1890 9,069
1895 18,292
The City is served by a mayor and Common Council of elected officials consisting of 12 members. Elections are held every 4 years for mayor and every 2 years for alderpersons.
There have been 41 mayors who served the City of Green Bay. The Former Mayors page will show pictures and a biography of these men.
The average winter daytime temperature is 26 degrees; average summer daytime temperture is 70 degrees; average July temperature is 82 degrees; annual rainfall is 29 inches, and the annual snowfall is 48.4 inches. The 2008 snowfall was 72.7 inches, a record. On December 26, 2008, Green Bay beat the previous record set in 1887 for snow during the month. In 1887 the December snowfall was 36.4 inches, by December 26, 2008 Green Bay had a total snowfall of 39.7 inches.
Latitude: 44/51N; Longitude: 88.02W; Elevation: 584 feet
Approximately 75,000 cubic yards of yard waste is processed at two waste sites.
Approximately 65,000 cubic yards of compost is used by area residents and landscapers.
The Sanitation division operates 5 refuse trucks per day on each side of the river, and 1 special collection truck four day per week. An average of 105 tons of garbage goes to the landfill each day.
Green Bay collects at curbside, 2,340 tons of recyclable containers and 5,320 tons of mixed paper.
Traffic signals are installed at 117 intersections.
158 single family residence building permits were issued in 2005.
The City employs 900 persons.
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