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Elkhart Lake
Population: 967 Elkhart Lake is a village in Sheboygan County. Trivia: Racing at Elkhart Lake dates back to the 1950s. The very first races were held on July 23, 1950 on a 3.35 mile road circuit north of the lake. These first races were very successful for the time, drawing a crowd of over 5,000. Races were originally held on a street circuit that ran around the Lake with the start/finish line in the village. In 1951 and 1952, races were held on a new 6.5 mile circuit that circumvented the Lake. The 1951 races drew an estimated crowd of 50,000 spectators and the 1952 races saw an estimated crowd of over 100,000 people. Elkhorn
Population: 10019 Elkhorn is a city in Walworth County. Trivia: In the 1870s, saline water from springs located in Elkhorn was believed to cure rheumatism. Fond du Lac
Population: 43021 Fond du Lac is a city in Fond du Lac County. Trivia: Colin Kaepernick Fontana
Population: 1672 Fontana is a village located on Geneva Lake in Walworth County. Fort Atkinson
Population: 12368 Fort Atkinson is a city in Jefferson County. Trivia: The oldest manmade features near Fort Atkinson are a cluster of prehistoric earthworks indigenous mounds just south of town. Early European settlers named them the General Atkinson Mound Group. The mounds are a remnant of the Woodland Period in present-day Wisconsin. They are effigy and geometric mounds, different from the platform mounds at nearby Aztalan State Park, built by peoples of the Mississippian culture, which reached its peak around 1300.
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Population: 967 Elkhart Lake is a village in Sheboygan County. Trivia: Racing at Elkhart Lake dates back to the 1950s. The very first races were held on July 23, 1950 on a 3.35 mile road circuit north of the lake. These first races were very successful for the time, drawing a crowd of over 5,000. Races were originally held on a street circuit that ran around the Lake with the start/finish line in the village. In 1951 and 1952, races were held on a new 6.5 mile circuit that circumvented the Lake. The 1951 races drew an estimated crowd of 50,000 spectators and the 1952 races saw an estimated crowd of over 100,000 people. Elkhorn
Population: 10019 Elkhorn is a city in Walworth County. Trivia: In the 1870s, saline water from springs located in Elkhorn was believed to cure rheumatism. Fond du Lac
Population: 43021 Fond du Lac is a city in Fond du Lac County. Trivia: Colin Kaepernick Fontana
Population: 1672 Fontana is a village located on Geneva Lake in Walworth County. Fort Atkinson
Population: 12368 Fort Atkinson is a city in Jefferson County. Trivia: The oldest manmade features near Fort Atkinson are a cluster of prehistoric earthworks indigenous mounds just south of town. Early European settlers named them the General Atkinson Mound Group. The mounds are a remnant of the Woodland Period in present-day Wisconsin. They are effigy and geometric mounds, different from the platform mounds at nearby Aztalan State Park, built by peoples of the Mississippian culture, which reached its peak around 1300.
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