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Horicon is located at (43.4482, -88.6329 According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.42 square miles (8.86 km 2), of which, 3.21 square miles (8.31 km 2) is land and 0.21 square miles (0.54 km 2) is water.
Enjoy Horicon Marsh - information about the Horicon Marsh and the communities that surround it; Facts About The Marsh Friends of Horicon Marsh; Marsh Haven Nature Center is a 46-acre, non-profit, volunteer-supported visitor's center and park just across Hwy 49 from the northern edge of the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge. It is open to the ...
Horicon Bank is a commercial joint bank operating in Wisconsin. It was established in 1896 by Daniel C. Van Brunt, the inventor of the grain drill. His manufacturing company was sold in 1911 to Deere & Company, which continues to operate the factory as John Deere Horicon Works, producing consumer products including lawn tractors.
The Little Ten Conference was founded in 1925 by ten medium- to smaller-sized schools in south central Wisconsin: Beaver Dam, Berlin, Columbus, Hartford Union, Horicon, Mayville, Portage, Ripon, Watertown and Waupun. [1]
The Horicon Public Library is located in Horicon, Wisconsin, in the United States. It was established in 1850, [1] it serves the 4,972 Horicon residents, [2] as well as residents from surrounding communities. The total service population in 2008 was 5,172. [3]
A two-year study of bird and bat mortality at the Forward Wind facility was completed by University of Wisconsin researchers for the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, with a report published in August 2011. Inline with similar studies elsewhere, it showed a relatively larger number of bat fatalities and a lesser number of added bird deaths.
Paleozoic rocks in eastern Wisconsin today make up the Niagara Escarpment, a shelf of rock extending from Door County to Horicon Marsh. The cliffs along the escarpment are primarily formed by the early Silurian Mayville Dolostone; the rocks that make up the escarpment were deposited within the Michigan Basin. Continued subsidence of this basin ...
Fourmile Island is located within Horicon State Wildlife Area which comprises roughly the southern half of Horicon Marsh. The northern portion is managed as the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge. The island supports one of the largest heron and egret rookeries in the Midwest. Oak, basswood, elm, aspen, and cottonwood trees comprise most of the ...