West Central Wisconsin Part 11
Stockholm
Population: 66
Stockholm is a village in Pepin County.
Trempealeau
Population: 1529
Trempealeau is a village located along the Mississippi River in Trempealeau County.
Trivia:
An ancient Native American site with earthwork mounds, also known as Trempealeau, has been studied near the village through archeological
excavations in the 21st century. It is theorized as a possible mission site or colony of Cahokia, the major center of Mississippian culture
from 1000CE to 1450CE located 500 miles to the south in present-day Illinois near St. Louis, Missouri.
Turtle Lake
Population: 1065
Turtle Lake is a village in Barron and Polk counties.
Trivia:
The film Clear Lake, Wi starring Michael Madsen was partially filmed in Turtle Lake.
Whitehall
Population: 1558
Whitehall is a city in Trempealeau County.
Trivia:
Whitehall was started in 1860 or 1861, in an area later known as Old Whitehall about a mile from the center of the current city, by Ole
Knudtson. He came to Whitehall June 25, 1860, and opened a hotel and blacksmith shop.
Woodville
Population: 1344
Woodville is a village in St. Croix County.
Trivia:
Founded in 1870, the community was originally named Kelly's Switch, for a nearby mill owner. In 1874 that name was dropped and the village
was renamed after Woodville.
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