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    My name is Yon Yonson,
    I come from Wisconsin
    I work in a lumber mill there
    All the people I meet
    As I walk down the street
    Ask me how in the hell I got there
    So I tell them: My name is Yon Yonson...

      - Unknown

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What do you get when you put a whole lotta cheese, vats of beer, BBQ'ed bratwurst, Harry Houdini, loads of lumber, ornery badgers, real Nazis, and neo-Nazis, butter-fried everything, Orson Welles, buckets of sauerkraut, polka bands, 2 notorious cannibals, herds of cows, suicidal fish, Liberace, German, French, Scandinavian and Belgian nationalities, 4 Superbowl wins, a so-so baseball team, amazing landscapes, an anti-Communist Senator, riots and protests, a decent basketball team, Heather Graham, 4 sit-coms, Oktoberfest, lederhosen, Harley-Davidson, vineyards, heavy machinery and tools, native Americans, toilet paper, casinos, Slendermen, cranberries, farms, Willem Dafoe, mountaintop cathedrals and....snow

lots and lots of snow...

all in one state? You get Wisconsin. Presenting a SimCity4 travel tour of 360 of it's biggest(sorta) cities in 9 seperate regions. Enjoy.

 


Capital: Madison
Population (2020) 5,893,718
Admitted to the Union    May 29, 1848 (30th)


  Wisconsin is a state in the upper Midwestern United States, bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin is the 23rd-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous.

Milwaukee, its largest city, sits on the western shore of Lake Michigan. The state capital, Madison, is currently the second most populated and fastest growing city in the state. Green Bay and Kenosha, the third and fourth most populated Wisconsin cities respectively, also sit on  the western shores of Lake Michigan. The state is divided into 72 counties.

Wisconsin's geography is diverse, having been greatly impacted by glaciers during the Ice Age with the exception of the Driftless Area. The Northern Highland and Western Upland along with a part of the Central Plain occupies the western part of the state, with lowlands stretching to the shore of Lake Michigan. Wisconsin is third to Ontario and Michigan in the length of its Great Lakes coastline.

At the time of European contact, the area that is now Wisconsin was inhabited by Algonquian and Siouan nations. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, many European settlers entered the state, many of whom emigrated from Germany and Scandinavia. Like neighboring Minnesota, the state remains a center of German American and Scandinavian American culture. The state is one of the nation's leading dairy producers and is known as "America's Dairyland" It is particularly famous for its cheese. The state is also famous for its beer, particularly and historically in Milwaukee. Manufacturing (especially paper products), information technology, cranberries, ginseng, and tourism are also major contributors to the state's economy.

 

 

 

 

 

Entries in this City Journal

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South Central Wisconsin Population: 676919 Adams Population: 1967 Adams is a city in Adams County. Trivia: Adams was originally called South Friendship, but after a petition from residents who did not like the name, the Chicago and North Western Railway changed it to Adams due to its short nature. Argyle Population: 857 Argyle is a village in Lafayette County. Trivia: The first settler named it after the Duke of Argyll who had sponsored his coming to...
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North East Wisconsin Population: 2896 Porterfield Population: 1991 Porterfield is a town in Marinette County. Trivia: Porterfield is home to the annual Porterfield Country Music Festival, a weekend of open-air concerts held every summer which draws both local and nationally known country music artists such as Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels, Crystal Gayle, Merle Haggard, and Loretta Lynn. Potawatomi Indian Reservation Population: 700 The Forest County Potawatomi Community is a band of the Potawatomi,...
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Watertown Population: 23861 Watertown is a city in Dodge and Jefferson counties. Trivia: There was an influx of German immigrants in the late 19th century. The city is the home of the first kindergarten in the United States, started in 1856 by Margarethe Schurz, wife of statesman Carl Schurz; the building that housed this kindergarten is now located on the grounds of the Octagon House Museum in Watertown. Waukesha ...
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Reedsburg Population: 9508 Reedsburg is a city in Sauk County. Trivia: Agnes Moorehead, actress Richland Center Population: 5184 Richland Center is a city in Richland County. Trivia: Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center in 1867. The A. D. German Warehouse, completed in 1921, is the only building designed by Wright in Richland Center and is an early representation of his Mayan Revival style. Svetlana Alliluyeva, only...
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Muscoda Population: 1299 Muscoda is a village in Grant and Iowa counties. Trivia: Muscoda has billed itself as the "Wisconsin's Morel Capital" since 1982 and hosts the "Morel Mushroom Festival" every year on the weekend following Mother's Day. The event includes carnival rides, tractors pulls, tournaments, merchant stands, food booths, and portable tattoo parlors. New Glarus Population: 2172 New Glarus is a village in Green County....
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Langlade Population: 19977 Langlade is a town in Langlade County. Trivia: Langlade is mentioned in the song "Champagne in Sweatpants", on the album Separation Sunday by The Hold Steady, in reference to "gettin' langlazed." Little Chute Population: 10449 Little Chute is a village in Outagamie County. Trivia: While some homes are decorated with windmills and other symbols of Dutch culture, the use of the Dutch language and day-to-day culture has all but discontinued. A tradition...
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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...
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Mineral Point Population: 2625 Mineral Point is a city in Iowa County. Trivia: Large quantities of galena, or lead ore, were discovered around the settlement in shallow deposits. Lead had many uses at the time, and settlers began to flock to the region hoping to make a living by extracting the easily accessible mineral. Monroe Population: 10827 Monroe is a city in and the county seat of Green County. Trivia: Known as "the Swiss Cheese...
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La Pointe Population: 237 It is on the western shore of Madeline Island, the largest of the Apostle Islands. Trivia: La Pointe was originally the site of a fortified French trading post from 1693 to 1698 and from 1718 to 1759. The current city began to develop in the late 18th century as an American Fur Company outpost under the leadership of Michel Cadotte. Lac du Flambeau Population: 3004 Lac du Flambeau is a town in Vilas County. Trivia: Lac du Flambeau, situated around Flambeau Lake, is a year-round...
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Washington Island Population: 708 Washington Island is a city in Door County. Trivia: Washington Island hosts the Midwest region's largest lavender farm. Wausaukee Population: 521 Wausaukee is a village in Marinette County. Trivia: Wausaukee is a Menominee word that means “river in the hills.” The town was started in 1863 by John S. Monroe, who bought 160 acres of land from business tycoon Lars Kovala and built a mill to supply the railroads with lumber for bridges...
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Genoa Population: 253 Genoa is a village in Vernon County. Trivia: Originally named Bad Axe for the river, the present-day Genoa name came in 1868. Kickapoo River The Kickapoo River is a 126-mile-long tributary of the Wisconsin River La Crosse Population: 51666 La Crosse is a city and the county seat of La Crosse County. Trivia: La Crosse's tap drinking water, which is raised from a deep underground Artesian aquifer, won the...
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Medford Population: 4326 Medford is a city in Taylor County. Trivia: Notable people: Jeane Dixon, psychic and astrologer Merrill Population: 9661 Merrill is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County. Trivia: In July 1912, the Wisconsin River and several of its tributaries flooded from Rothschild to Merrill, destroying several dams (active and abandoned), as well as causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage in Merrill. Mosinee Population: 3988 Mosinee is a city in...
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Stoddard Population: 774 Stoddard is a village in Vernon County. Trivia: Stoddard was founded as a farming community. It is notable as one of the few communities along the Mississippi River that was never a trading post or a riverboat stop. The river was originally one mile west of Stoddard, but when Lock and Dam No. 8 was built in 1937, the ensuing lake flooded the lowlands, literally bringing the river to the town. Viroqua Population: 4362 Viroqua is...
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West Central Wisconsin Population: 238900 Alma Population: 781 Alma is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County. Trivia: Alma was named in commemoration of the Battle of Alma, in the Crimean War. Amery Population: 2902 Amery is a city in Polk County. Trivia: The city was named in honor of William Amery, a carpenter who held several local offices in the 1870s. Arcadia Population: 2925 Arcadia is a city in Trempealeau County. Trivia: Arcadia is the world headquarters of Ashley Furniture...
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East Central Wisconsin Population: 441268 Algoma Population: 3059 Algoma is a city in Kewaunee County. Trivia: The settlement Ahnapee which eventually became known as Algoma was founded in 1834 by Joseph McCormick of Manitowoc. In 1851, Irish and English pioneers moved to the area and called the place Wolf River. This was a loose translation from the Indian word An-Ne-Pe, meaning "land of the great gray wolf." The wolf was a legendary animal in stories told by the local Potawatomi Indians. In the...
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Union Center Population: 211 Union Center is a village in Juneau County. Trivia: Originally called Union, the village was named for the federal union of the United States. Verona Population: 10620 Verona is a city in Dane County. Trivia: Verona used to be home to the Dane County Insane Asylum which opened in 1882, closed in 1973, and was demolished in 2006. It was previously a poor farm for people who needed care due to old...
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Marquette Population: 150 Marquette is a village in Green Lake County. Trivia: According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.39 square miles. Mauston Population: 4411 Mauston is a city in and the county seat of Juneau County. Trivia: Mauston was founded by Milton M. Maughs. The town was originally named Maughs Town, after him. The town's beginning was based on the lumber industry of early Wisconsin. ...
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Brodhead Population: 3203 Brodhead is a city in Green and Rock counties. Trivia: A nearby raceway was dredged off of a branch of the Sugar River that diverted a long canal to a hydroelectric generator that supplied electricity to the town. This gave Brodhead the distinction of having electrical service before other larger cities such as Chicago, and perhaps the first electrical service in Wisconsin. Cambridge Population: 1457 Cambridge is a village...
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Babcock Population: 126 Babcock is a census-designated place located in Wood County. Trivia: Its motto is "Birds, Bogs, and Bucks." Birnamwood Population: 802 Birnamwood is a village in Marathon and Shawano counties. Trivia: Until the 1990s, Birnamwood was home to the world's largest fiberglass badger. Bowler Population: 302 Bowler is a village in Shawano County. Trivia: Bowler was named for Col. J. C. Bowler, who owned a tract of land near the town site. Colby Population: 1852 Colby is a...
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Central Wisconsin Part 4 Jump River Population: 52 Jump River is a town in Taylor County. Trivia: In 2007 an area in the southeast corner was designated the Bear Creek Hemlocks State Natural Area. Among a variety of flora, it contains two stands of old-growth hemlock. Lily Population: 535 Lily is an unincorporated community in Langlade County. Trivia: The Wisconsin Central Ltd Railroad (Formerly Soo Line) ran a line through Lily up until 2001 when the tracks were ripped up. The railroad grade...
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South East Wisconsin

Population: 1646986 Beaver Dam Population: 16214 Beaver Dam is a city in Dodge County. Trivia: Ric Flair, wrestler Belgium Population: 2245 Belgium is a village in Ozaukee County. Trivia: Northern Ozaukee County — including the Belgium community — was a center of Luxembourgian-American settlement in the United States in the 19th century, and the Village of Belgium continues to have strong cultural ties to the Grand...
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Fitchburg Population: 25260 Fitchburg is a city in Dane County. Trivia: Fitchburg was a town until its incorporation as a city on April 26, 1983. Dutch immigrant brothers Vroman are claimed to be the first permanent settlers of Greenfield, then changed to Fitchburg to avoid confusion with Greenfield, Milwaukee county. Fox Lake Population: 1519 Fox Lake is a city in Dodge County. Trivia: Fox Lake Correctional Institution is located in Fox Lake...
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Cornucopia Population: 98 Cornucopia is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Bell in northern Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. It is situated on Lake Superior at the northern end of the Bayfield Peninsula. It is along Wisconsin Highway 13 and County Highway C. The community borders the lake at Siskiwit Bay, between Roman's Point and Mawikwe Point. It is near a mainland portion of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, which features the Mawikwe Bay Sea Caves. Trivia: In 1903,...
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Columbus Population: 4991 Columbus is a city in Columbia (mostly) and Dodge Counties. Trivia: The Redbud Festival occurs in May around Mother's Day. Each year the community crowns a prince and princess during the budding of the "Columbus Wisconsin Strain" of the redbud tree. Cuba City Population: 2086 Cuba City is a city partly in Grant County and partly in Lafayette County. Trivia: The name "Yuba City" was finally picked after a dispute about the...
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Menasha Population: 18498 Menasha is a city in Calumet and Winnebago counties. Trivia: Menasha is home to the Barlow Planetarium and Weis Earth Science Museum, both housed at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley. Mishicot Population: 1457 Mishicot is a village in Manitowoc County. Trivia: The early settlers of the village and the surrounding rural farmlands came from a number of countries, but most prominently from Germany, Bohemia, Switzerland and Canada. In 1852, the...
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