South East Wisconsin Part 7
Lake Geneva
Population: 7894
Lake Geneva is a city in Walworth County.
Trivia:
In 1968, Hugh Hefner built his first Playboy resort in Lake Geneva. It closed in 1981 and was converted in 1982 to the Americana Resort, and in 1993 to the Grand Geneva Resort.
Mayville
Population: 5154
Mayville is a city in Dodge County.
Trivia:
Mayville was identified in an episode of the television series "Leave It to Beaver" as the town where the fictional Cleaver family live.
Menomonee
Population: 35626
The town was created in December 1839 in Milwaukee County.
Trivia:
The last remaining parts of the town were annexed by the village of Menomonee Falls in 1958.
Mequon
Population: 24144
Mequon is the largest city in Ozaukee County.
Trivia:
Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021)
Mukwonago
Population: 7355
Mukwonago is a village in Waukesha County.
Trivia:
The area was originally a Native American village and the tribal seat of the Bear Clan of the Potawatomi Indians. The name "Mukwonago" is derived from mequanego which translates to bear's den. The spelling "Mukwonago" was adopted in 1844 because of the similarity to nearby Mequon. Many of the streets and roads are named after the city's founders, such as Ira Blood, Major Jessie Meacham, Sewall Andrews, and Thomas Sugden.
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