Geneva Lake with the nearby town of Geneva, Illinois, the city was renamed "Lake Geneva"; later the lake was renamed "Geneva Lake". Lakeshore attractions include Big Foot Beach State Park, Lake Geneva Yacht Club, the George Williams College campus of Aurora University, and Yerkes Observatory. The observatory is owned by the University of Chicago, which has established a study group to plan a regional center for science education at the observatory. Public access to the lake is allowed as the result of a decision by early European settlers that "20 feet of land leading up to the shoreline should be public domain."
Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Wisconsin and the median income for a family was $63,594. Males had a median income of $41,750 versus $31,813 for females. The per capita income for the village was $32,266. About 2.4% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over. Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Wisconsin Fontana-on-Geneva Lake (Locally referred to as "Fontana") is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,672 at the 2010 census. Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is located at (42.544288, -88.566010). According to the United States Census Bureau, the