Janesville, Wisconsin

	Location of Janesville in Rock County, Wisconsin
	Coordinates: Coordinates: 42°41′2″N 89°0′59″W / 42.68389°N 89.01639°W
Municipality	City
Incorporated	1853
Government
• City manager	Eric Levitt
Area
• Total	73 km2 (28.1 sq mi)
• Land	71 km2 (27.5 sq mi)
• Water	2 km2 (0.6 sq mi)
Population (2000)
• Total	59,498
• Density	834.2/km2 (2,160.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Website	www.ci.janesville.wi.us

Janesville is a city in the state of Wisconsin in the United States.^[1] It is the county seat of Rock County.^[1] 59,498 people were living in Janesville as of the 2000 census.^[2] Janesville has an area of 48.1 square miles, says the United States Census Bureau.

The first settlers arrived in Janesville in 1835. It incorporated as a city in 1835^[3]

Janesville, Wisconsin Media

Rock Aqua Jays five high.
A basketball game between cross-town rivals, Joseph A. Craig High School and George S. Parker High School
Janesville bus transfer station in August 2009
24 in by 24 in (600 mm by 600 mm) Wisconsin State Highway shield, made to the specifications of the sign detail (sign M1-6). Uses the Roadgeek 2005 fonts. (United States law does not permit the copyrighting of typeface designs, and the fonts are meant to be copies of a U.S. Government-produced work anyway.)
24 in by 24 in (600 mm by 600 mm) Wisconsin State Highway shield, made to the specifications of the sign detail (sign M1-6). Uses the Roadgeek 2005 fonts. (United States law does not permit the copyrighting of typeface designs, and the fonts are meant to be copies of a U.S. Government-produced work anyway.)
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