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Waunakee (/ ˌ w ɔː n ə ˈ k iː /) [6] is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 14,879 as of the 2020 census . A suburb of Madison , it is part of the Madison metropolitan area .
Waunakee – Waunakee is called Wanąǧi [wa-na-GHEE] in the Hocąk language, meaning "spirit", as in a spirit which has departed from the body. I was told by a tribal colleague that it was given this name due to the spirits who can sometimes be heard there at night, singing.
Anacostia – from the Piscataway name Anakwashtank, meaning 'a place of traders'. [35] Originally the name of a village of the Piscataway tribe on the Anacostia River. Also rendered as Nacochtank or Nacostine. Takoma – originally the name of Mount Rainier, from Lushootseed [təqʷúbəʔ] (earlier *təqʷúməʔ), 'snow-covered mountain'. [36]
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Governor Nelson State Park is a 422-acre (171 ha) Wisconsin state park located outside of Waunakee, Wisconsin in the town of Westport on the north shore of Lake Mendota. It is named for former Wisconsin Governor Gaylord Nelson. On most days the Wisconsin State Capitol building can be seen in nearby Madison.
Dane County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.As of the 2020 census, the population was 561,504, making it the second-most populous county in Wisconsin after Milwaukee County. [1]
The village of Waunakee was carved out of the town in 1893, leaving the remainder of the town on both sides. Other portions have been annexed by the cities of Madison and Middleton. A portion of the Town of Madison on the northern shore of Lake Mendota was transferred to the Town of Westport (The remainder of the Town of Madison was later ...
The Flag of Wisconsin. Wisconsin (/ w ɪ ˈ s k ɒ n s ɪ n / ⓘ wiss-CON-sin) is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States.It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north.