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Townsend is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Townsend, Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. Townsend is located on Wisconsin Highway 32 22.5 miles (36.2 km) southeast of Crandon. Townsend has a post office with ZIP code 54175. [2] As of the 2010 census, its population is 146. [3]
Townsend is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 963 at the 2000 census. The population was 963 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of Townsend is located in the town.
Frederick B. Townsend was born in Malta Township, DeKalb County, Illinois in 1858. This native son belonged to an elite family tree that included such prominent residents as Daniel Pierce, his maternal grandfather, who founded the National Bank & Trust Co. in 1867. Townsend married Mary Boynton, the daughter of a lender and land speculator in 1890.
The house pre-dates the 1880s village of Stockton, which is 3 miles (4.8 km) away, and the home has a long association with one of the area's earliest families. The Townsend Home has remained in the Townsend family for at least six generations. [2] The Townsend Home was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 2005. [1]
Located at the concurrency of U.S. Route 45, Illinois Route 13, Illinois Route 145, and Illinois Route 34, Harrisburg is known as the "Gateway to the Shawnee National Forest", [4] and is also known for the Ohio River flood of 1937, the old Crenshaw House (also known as the Old Slave House), the Tuttle Bottoms Monster, prohibition-era gangster ...
Townsend has the largest land area of any town in Middlesex County. Townsend is bordered by Mason, New Hampshire, and Brookline, New Hampshire to the north, Pepperell to the east, Groton and Shirley to the southeast, Lunenburg to the south, and Ashby to the west. Route 119 runs east-west through Townsend, and Route 13 runs north-south.
Prior to 1938, the area mainly consisted of farmland and summer homes. However, by 1938, permanent homes and small businesses had become much more common in the area. During the 1950s, Monona grew in population from 2,544 to 8,178. [6] In 1963, Monona built a community center and adjacent swimming pool. In 1967, a public library was built.
Madison is located in southwestern Madison County at (38.683700, -90.151047 The central city area is bordered by Granite City to the north and Venice to the southwest. . However, the Madison city limits now extend 3 miles (5 km) south, 4 miles (6 km) east, and 8 miles (13 km) north of the city center, so that it is also bordered by Hartford to the extreme north, Pontoon Beach to the east ...