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Wisconsin Municipalities map of counties, cities, villages, and towns. Towns in Wisconsin are similar to civil townships in other states. For a more detailed discussion, see Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Town. Frequently a village or city may have the same name as a town. As of 2006, Wisconsin had 1,260 towns, some with the same name.
South Shields (/ ʃ iː l z /) is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was once known in Roman times as Arbeia and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages. In 2021 it had a population of 75,337.
In 1920, the city was renamed Wisconsin Rapids. In 1896, Mr. Jeremiah (Jere) D. Witter learned of a traveling library in Dunn County, Wisconsin and instantly gave the T. B. Scott Library one-thousand dollars to create such a system for neighboring villages and towns in south Wood County. At his request, the Board of Trustees organized itself ...
Wisconsin Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Wisconsin River. [6] The population was 18,877 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] It is a principal city of the Marshfield –Wisconsin Rapids micropolitan statistical area , which includes all of Wood County and had a population of 74,207 in 2020.
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Wood County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,207. [1] Its county seat is Wisconsin Rapids. [2] The county is named after Joseph Wood, a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. [3]
The old town hall. The first town hall in South Shields was commissioned as a manorial courthouse by the Dean and Chapter of Durham in the Market Place in 1768. [2] The design included arcading on the ground floor to allow markets to be held, steps leading to a door on the first floor on the north side and Venetian windows on the first floor on the other sides. [2]
The coal industry flourished in Victorian times, drawing immigrants from far and wide. In South Shields the population soared from approximately 12,000 in 1801 to 75,000 by the late 1860s. Collieries in South Shields included: Templetown (1805–1826) St. Hilda's (1810–1940) West Harton (1844–1969) Boldon (1869–1982) Marsden (1879–1968)