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Poynette was named after Pierre Paquette (1796–1836), an early fur trader and settler of south central Wisconsin. When an application was made for a post office in the settlement, Paquette's name was misread as Poynette, and the post office was mistakenly named "Poynette". The village was then named after the post office.
Lake Geneva is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.Located in Walworth County and situated on Geneva Lake, it was home to 8,277 people as of the 2020 census, up from 7,651 at the 2010 census.
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Black Point is an estate on the south shore of Geneva Lake in Wisconsin, United States, built in 1888 as a summer home by Conrad Seipp, a beer tycoon from Chicago. [2] It has also been known as Conrad and Catherine Seipp Summer House and as Die Loreley [1]
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On its shores are the city of Lake Geneva and the villages of Fontana-on-Geneva-Lake and Williams Bay. The lake covers an area of approximately 5,401 acres (2,186 ha ; 8.439 sq mi ; 21.86 km 2 ), [ 3 ] with a maximum length of 7.8 miles (12.6 km), [ 3 ] a mean depth of 61 feet (19 m), [ 3 ] and a maximum depth of 135 feet (41 m). [ 3 ]
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, emerged as a resort town in the 1870s, popularized by images of its side-wheeler steamboats. The lakeshore at Broad Street became the main water transportation hub with the construction of the Whiting House Hotel; the train station was located approximately .5 miles due north on Broad St.
Geneva is a city in and the county seat of Kane County, Illinois, United States. [5] It is located in the far western side of the Chicago suburbs. Per the 2020 census, the population was 21,393. [6] Geneva is part of a tri-city area, located between St. Charles and Batavia.