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South West Wisconsin
Population: 84100 Beetown
Population: 734 Beetown is a town in Grant County. Trivia: Local settler Cyrus Alexander discovered a 425 pounds (193 kg) block of lead under a bee tree, naming it bee lead, which eventually spawned the name of the town. Bridgeport
Population: 946 Bridgeport is a town in Crawford County. Trivia: The Bridgeport Bridge was an unusually long bridge in Bridgeport that was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record. It brought U.S. Highway 18 across the Wisconsin River in nine spans over the main channel and an additional span over a slough and an island. In 1983, it was one of the last five Pennsylvania Truss bridges in Wisconsin, but it and all but one of the others were demolished by 1993. Cassville
Population: 947 Cassville is a village in Grant County. Trivia: The village was named after Lewis Cass, the governor of Michigan Territory from 1813 to 1831. Coon Valley
Population: 765 Coon Valley is a village in Vernon County. De Soto
Population: 287 De Soto is a village mostly in Vernon County but also in Crawford County. Trivia: De Soto was named after Hernando De Soto the explorer who discovered the Mississippi.
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Population: 84100 Beetown
Population: 734 Beetown is a town in Grant County. Trivia: Local settler Cyrus Alexander discovered a 425 pounds (193 kg) block of lead under a bee tree, naming it bee lead, which eventually spawned the name of the town. Bridgeport
Population: 946 Bridgeport is a town in Crawford County. Trivia: The Bridgeport Bridge was an unusually long bridge in Bridgeport that was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record. It brought U.S. Highway 18 across the Wisconsin River in nine spans over the main channel and an additional span over a slough and an island. In 1983, it was one of the last five Pennsylvania Truss bridges in Wisconsin, but it and all but one of the others were demolished by 1993. Cassville
Population: 947 Cassville is a village in Grant County. Trivia: The village was named after Lewis Cass, the governor of Michigan Territory from 1813 to 1831. Coon Valley
Population: 765 Coon Valley is a village in Vernon County. De Soto
Population: 287 De Soto is a village mostly in Vernon County but also in Crawford County. Trivia: De Soto was named after Hernando De Soto the explorer who discovered the Mississippi.
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