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In 1850, the Wisconsin legislature voted to bisected Washington County into northern and southern counties, with Port Washington and Cedarburg as the county seats, respectively. County residents failed to ratify the bill, and in 1853 the legislature instead bisected the county into eastern and western sections, creating Ozaukee County.
When Washington County officials from West Bend arrived in Port Washington to collect relevant county records, they were run out of town, and Ozaukee County officials refused to hand over the records for several months. [18] [19] On November 25, 1853, the County Board of Supervisors attempted to change the name of West Bend to Lamartine City.
The Port Washington Police Department was established in 1882 when the city incorporated. The police station is located on Wisconsin Street in Downtown Port Washington. The department employs twenty sworn officers, including police chief Kevin Hingiss who has served with the department since 1984 and was appointed chief in 2012.
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.
Washington is a town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,182 at the 2010 census, making it the county's second-most-populous municipality. The town is located along most of the south side of the cities of Eau Claire and Altoona, Wisconsin. The unincorporated community of Brackett is located within the town.
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The two-story house was built by Edward Dodge in 1848, [1] in the Greek Revival style with walls of rubble-stone faced with cobblestone arranged in colored bands, and also a pitched roof typical for houses built in that particular style.
The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.21. In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 23.4% who were 65 years of age or older.