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Washington County was created on December 7, 1836, by the Wisconsin Territory Legislature, with Port Washington designated as the county seat. It was run administratively from Milwaukee County until 1840, when an Act of Organization allowed the county self-governance, and the county seat was moved to Grafton, then called Hamburg.
The Washington County Courthouse and Jail in West Bend, Wisconsin is the historic former courthouse of Washington County, Wisconsin. It now holds the Tower Heritage Center, a museum and research center operated by the Washington County Historical Society. [2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Later Tischers and Bruno Woldt continued serving the local community until the 1970s, shifting to auto and tractor repair and welding, yet the forge and anvil stands remain. [54] 26: Washington County "Island" Effigy Mound District: Washington County "Island" Effigy Mound District: April 25, 1996 : Address Restricted: West Bend
The old Washington County Courthouse and Jail was constructed in West Bend in 1889. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and now serves as a local history museum. The Wisconsin Territorial legislature created the Town of West Bend on January 20, 1846.
Kewaskum was the leader of a group of Potawatomi Native Americans who lived in Washington County in the 1840s. [2] He was friendly with the early settlers, including future Wisconsin state senator Densmore Maxon. [3] He died sometime between 1847 and 1850. In 1849, the early settlers named the Town of Kewaskum (and later the village) in his honor.
In the 1840s and early 1850s, Washington County included the land along Lake Michigan that is now Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Port Washington served as the county seat, which was controversial at the time. West Bend, Cedarburg, and Grafton vied for position of Washington County seat and the material advantages it would entail. In 1850, the ...
The town population remained small throughout its history. Unlike neighboring towns, Wayne never had any railroad connections, and the hamlets of Kohlsville, St. Kilians, and Wayne Center remained rural communities that served the local farmers, unlike hamlets in neighboring towns which grew and prospered with construction of new railroads.
1878 map showing Toland's Prairie Wisconsin and vicinity. Toland's Prairie or Toland Prairie, later Toland, was a rural unincorporated community in Erin township in Washington County, Wisconsin near the Dodge County line, northwest of Alderley and east of Monches, around the intersection of Clare Lane and Roosevelt Road (Sections 19, 20, 19 and 30).