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As of the census [2] of 2000, there were 1,727 people, 582 households, and 485 families residing in the town. The population density was 48.2 people per square mile (18.6/km 2).
The Washington County Fair Park and Conference Center is located five miles south of the city. Numerous events are held throughout the year, including the Washington County Fair. [69] The facility was built in 1999 and has a 24,000 sq. ft. pavilion, Agricultural and Equestrian Complexes and theater entertainment areas. [70]
Transportation in Washington County, Wisconsin (16 P) Pages in category "Washington County, Wisconsin" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Includes the 1850 gabled-ell Hays-Raif house, [10] the 1865 Barton Roller Mill, [11] the 1865 Frazer General Store, [12] the 1865 Greek Revival Frazer House, [13] the 1900 Gothic Revival St Mary's church, [14] the 1915 Barton Bank, [15] the 1921 Ustruck bungalow, [16] and the 1928 French Revival Kircher house.
The Central Wisconsin State Fair returns to the Marshfield Fairgrounds Aug. 20-25 with live music, a demolition derby, bull riding, carnival, classic fair foods and more.
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.
He died sometime between 1847 and 1850, [7] but itinerant Potawatomis lived in Washington County into the late 19th century, when many of them gathered in northern Wisconsin to form the Forest County Potawatomi Community. [9] The first settlers in the area were the Barnes family, who arrived in 1844 and began farming near the future village. [10]
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