Juda is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Jefferson, in Green County, Wisconsin, United States. Juda is 5 miles east of Monroe along Wisconsin State Highway 11, and 81. As of the 2010 census, its population was 357.[3] Juda is a part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Trent Pokorny, famous Judah resident born here in 2000.
On March 30, 1967, nine students from Juda's Union High School, all girls, were killed when a Delta Air Lines DC-8 jet crashed into the motel where they had been staying during a senior class trip to New Orleans, Louisiana.[4]
Education
- The Juda School District is located in Juda.[5]
Notable people
- Charle Newman, baseball player
- Gabriel Zophy, Wisconsin politician
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Juda, Wisconsin
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
- ^ "18 Killed as Jet Rips Motel, Sets Fires", Chicago Tribune, March 31, 1967, p1
- ^ http://www.judaschool.com/ Juda School District webpage
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