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The primary north–south highway serving Kewaskum is U.S. Route 45, and the primary east–west highway is Wisconsin Highway 28. Kewaskum is located in the 262 Area Code of south-eastern Wisconsin, with Prefix 626. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.45 square miles (6.35 km 2), all of it land. [21]
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.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Washington County, Wisconsin .
Community members snap photos of the new Lake Ivanhoe historical marker on October 15, 2022, in Burlington. The marker commemorates what is considered to be Wisconsin’s first Black-owned resort ...
Kewaskum HS offers a wide variety of activities, clubs, and sports. Kewaskum High School is also a member of the WIAA for sports such as football, boys' and girls' basketball, girls' volleyball, boys' and girls' golf, cross country, summer baseball, wrestling, track and field, boys' and girls' soccer, softball boys' and girls' bowling, girls' hockey, and boys' and girls' tennis.
Guth served as the 6th and 9th Village President of Kewaskum from 1907 - 1909 and 1914 - 1917. His brother Lorenz Guth ran for West Bend Mayor in 1914 against William G. Bratz and B.C. Ziegler. He was assessor of incomes for Washington and Ozaukee Counties. In 1899, Guth served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Republican. [1]
The presence of Norwegian immigrants has played a significant factor in the historic and contemporary identity of not only Mount Horeb, but the State of Wisconsin.The first Norwegian immigrant to arrive in the Wisconsin Territory was Ole Nattestad, from the Numedal valley east of Telemark in 1838, establishing Jefferson Prairie near Beloit. [12]
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.