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The area that became Janesville was the site of a Ho-Chunk village named Įnį poroporo (Round Rock) up to the time of Euro-American settlement. [6] In the 1825 Treaty of Prairie du Chien, the United States recognized the portion of the present city that lies west of the Rock River as Ho-Chunk territory, while the area east of the river was recognized as Potawatomi land.
Janesville was originally incorporated as a city in 1853, utilizing the mayor-council form of government. In 1923, Janesville adopted the council-manager form of government, and has retained that form of government ever since. The first mayor of Janesville was A. Hyatt Smith, a pioneer lawyer who was Wisconsin's second U.S. attorney.
The Janesville Transfer Center at 123 South River Street was opened on May 18, 1998. [2] It provides a central downtown location to transfer between routes, as well as with a daily intercity bus to Milwaukee. There are 8 bus bays in total. Greyhound Lines formerly used the facility until 2004. [3]
The Town of Janesville is a located in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,665 at the 2020 census. The population was 3,665 at the 2020 census. The City of Janesville is located to the southeast of and adjacent to the town.
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Act 29) moved the 44th district to its present location, based in the city of Janesville and neighboring towns. The district's boundaries have shrunk further into the city as the population has grown relative to surrounding areas, the 2002 redistricting was the first to put the boundaries of the district entirely within the city of Janesville.
Pliny Norcross, Mayor of Janesville and Wisconsin State Representative; Andrew Palmer, Wisconsin State Senator; Henry A. Patterson, Wisconsin State Representative; Anson W. Pope, Wisconsin State Representative; Steve Preston, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Paul Ryan, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
The Old Fourth Ward Historic District in Janesville, Wisconsin is a large old working-class neighborhood southwest of the downtown, comprising about 1100 contributing structures built from the 1840s to 1930. [2]