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Black Earth is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,493 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Black Earth. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Town of Black Earth was formed out of the Town of Springfield on August 2, 1848, as Farmersville.The town was renamed Black Earth on February 1, 1851. Much of the territory of the current towns of Berry and Mazomanie was originally part of Farmersville/Black Earth.
Black Earth (Potawatomi: Ma-Kah-Da-We-Kah-Mich-Cock) was a village inhabited by Potawatomi, Odawa, and Ojibwe people [1] that was located in the present-day Town of Carlton, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
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John B. Sweat was born in Vermont in August 1827. He came west to the Wisconsin Territory sometime before 1849, settling first in Waukesha County, where he was married.In 1850, he moved to the town of Black Earth, in Dane County, Wisconsin, where he erected the first grist mill in the township.
3. Though they were forbidden from signing up officially, a large number of Black women served as scouts, nurses and spies in the Civil War.. 4. One of the greatest African rulers of all time ...
Clayborn Benson, executive director of the Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum, poses for a portrait in the museum on April 29, 2023. February is Black History Month, and Milwaukee has ...
SSW of Ridgeway to Barneveld to Black Earth to NW of Dane: Iowa, Dane: Wisconsin: 2341 36 miles (57.6 km) 9 deaths – See section about this tornado – 200 people were injured. F2: DeForest to S of South Randolph: Dane, Columbia: Wisconsin: 0010 18 miles (28.8 km) Two homes in DeForest had their roofs torn off. 22 grain bins were destroyed as ...