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Topic: Waupun, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin


  
  Waupun - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Waupun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Town in Dodge and Fond du Lac counties, east Wisconsin; population (1990) 8,200.
It is located 27 km/17 mi southwest of Fond du Lac, in a farming and dairying region.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Waupun   (123 words)

  
 City of Waupun - Housing
Waupun offers a unique and attractive living environment and affords residents the opportunity to commute to work in other nearby communities because of the excellent highway system.
Waupun has ample housing available, with 193 multiple housing units constructed and ready for occupancy in just 1996.
The median housing cost for Wisconsin is $88,167 and the median housing cost for Fond du Lac County is $68,448, with home value appreciation rates of 3%.
www.cityofwaupun.org /dept/page.cfm?pageid=41   (158 words)

  
 Waupun Township, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
The village lying thus in two counties, special provisions were required and granted in the charter, among which, jurisdiction in both Dodge and Fond du Lac Counties was conferred upon Justices of the Peace, and the Village Marshall was given authority to serve process in both counties.
The southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 4, and the north half of the south half of Section 5, a total of 200 acres taken from the town of Chester, and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 23, from the town of Waupun.
The Indian word "Waubun" signifying "early light," changed to Waupun is emblematically represented by a device on the seal of the city, showing the sun just rising over a low range of hills, which may well be taken to represent the well-known "ledge" which lies just a few miles to the eastward.
www.wlhn.org /fond_du_lac/towns/Waupun.htm   (1225 words)

  
 Waupun Utilities
Waupun is located 70 miles northwest of Milwaukee, 50 miles northeast of Madison, and 80 miles southwest of Green Bay.
The City of Waupun has a population of 10,348, and is divided into two counties.
Today, Waupun has one of the highest concentrations of public art per capita in the United States, thanks to one remarkable pioneer and the rich cultural inheritance he left behind.
www.waupunutilities.com /about_us/default.asp?CategoryNumber=4   (409 words)

  
 The Reporter, Fond du Lac
The seeds for The Reporter were sown in 1856 with the founding of the weekly Fond du Lac Commonwealth.
Fond du Lac, a city of 42,000 residents, is the county seat of Fond du Lac County in east-central Wisconsin.
It is located at the "foot of the lake" (English translation of the French "Fond du Lac"), Lake Winnebago, and is less than an hour from each of the major metropolitan markets of Milwaukee, Madison and Green Bay.
www.gannett.com /about/map/ataglance/fonddulac.htm   (402 words)

  
 Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Local History Web
The eventual city of Fond du Lac, which historian Joseph Schafer refers to as "the first location to be exploited entirely for speculative purposes," was effectively created by James Duane Doty, the Wisconsin territory's premier speculator.
Through Doty's lobbying efforts, the prospective city was made a candidate for the new Wisconsin territorial capital, although there were fewer than 140 white settlers in the entire county as late as the federal census of 1840.
In far western Fond du Lac County, the population of Metomen, first settled in 1844, grew from 460 in 1847 to 720 by 1850 and 1617 by 1860.
www.wlhn.org /fond_du_lac/fdl_co.htm   (473 words)

  
 Explore Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin - attractions, parks, festivals, historic sites, nature centers, museums.
Fond du Lac, which means "Foot of the Lake", received its name from the French trappers exploring the south end of Lake Winnebago.
When in the city of Fond du Lac, enjoy touring the many historical areas and the wonderfully maintained homes and mansions, with a variety of architectural styling, from the late 1800's and early 1900's.
North Main Street, Fond du Lac With over 400 acres of open recreational space on the south end of Lake Winnebago, Lakeside Park is a great place to visit.
www.explorewisconsin.com /countypages/fond_du_lac.html   (1559 words)

  
 Waupun Profile | Waupun WI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Waupun, WI, population 10,718, is located in Wisconsin's Fond du Lac county, about 51.4 miles from Madison and 58.4 miles from Milwaukee.
It is estimated that in recent years Waupun's population has been declining at an annual rate of less than one percent.
Reports show that during 2003 property crime levels in the Waupun area were lower than Wisconsin's average.
www.idcide.com /citydata/wi/waupun.htm   (84 words)

  
 Comfort Inn, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Motel. Fond du Lac Wisconsin is nearby Kettle Moraine, Horicon Marsh and several ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Fond du Lac Wisconsin is nearby Kettle Moraine, Horicon Marsh and several Wisconsin State Parks.
The Comfort Inn Fond du Lac, Wisconsin offers business savings and is convenient to several Fond du Lac businesses; Mercury Marine, Giddings and Lewis, UW Fond du Lac, the University of Wisconsin Extension, Fond du Lac Moraine Park Technical College, Marian College and the Fond du Lac Wisconsin Stayer Center.
Stay at the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Comfort Inn when you are traveling on business or pleasure and be sure to visit one of the many attractions surrounding the Fox Valley area.
www.wiscohotels.com /fonddulac_comfort   (384 words)

  
 Waupun News
A 36-year-old Waupun woman who was caught driving drunk with her three young children in her car will spend a year in jail with work release privileges.
A jury trial has been set for the former Waupun police officer charged with second degree sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl, which is a Class C felony that carries a maximum sentence of $100,000 and 40 years...
One of Waupun's most valued business leaders, D.K. Lemmenes, has announced that he will be retiring as the president of the National Bank Waupun at the end of the year.
www.topix.net /city/waupun-wi   (650 words)

  
 Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fond du Lac County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
The racial makeup of the county was 96.16% White, 0.90% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.87% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.84% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races.
In the county, the population was spread out with 25.20% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 28.70% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 14.30% who were 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fond_du_Lac_County,_Wisconsin   (327 words)

  
 About Early Fond du Lac County People and Places
Our earliest county directory is the Fond du Lac County Gazetteer: Containing Directories of Fond du Lac, Ripon and Waupun, and Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Several Townships of the County, published in 1868.
Fond du Lac Illustrated 1898 presents photographic views of the city.
Early Fond du Lac County People and Places is collaborative project completed by the UWDCC and the Fond du Lac Public Library.
digicoll.library.wisc.edu /WI/subcollections/FdlLocalHistAbout.shtml   (604 words)

  
 Richard E. Landon
Landon was born near Waupun in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, March 8, 1854.
Luther Landon, father of Richard E., was born in Delaware County, New York, was a man of fair education, and in early life came to Wisconsin.
Their children were: Rensselaer, who died in Russell County, Kansas, leaving five children; Isabel, who married Charles Nims, of Humboldt, Nebraska; Mary Emily, whose first husband was Ed Harmon and whose second was William M. Trier, and she died in Barton County, Kansas; Richard E.; and Sextus, of Clinton Hollow, New York.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1919ks/l/landonre.html   (846 words)

  
 wfrv.com - Waupun Foster Parent Arrested In Child's Death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Shane Marquardt, 31, of Waupun, told investigators he struck the boys, ages 3 and 2, as hard as he punches the heavy bag he has in his basement, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in Dodge County Circuit Court.
Dodge County Medical Examiner John Burgbacher said the cause of death was blunt trauma to the abdomen.
Dodge County Sheriff's Department Detective Vickie Brugger said Sheets described Ethan's injury as so significant that it had to be the result of an extreme blow.
wfrv.com /topstories/local_story_128090453.html   (656 words)

  
 Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. :: Marketing/Sales :: Fond du Lac County
Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co. :: Marketing/Sales :: Fond du Lac County
WSOR serves Fond du Lac County from its Horicon Terminal which is located to the south of the county.
Fond du Lac County is located in southeast Wisconsin north of Dodge County.
www.wsorrailroad.com /marketing/c_fond_du_lac.html   (66 words)

  
 Education
Fond du Lac County prides itself on the quality of its educational structure.
Wisconsin again ranked at the top of ACT scores for the United States, and Fond du Lac schools ranked above average within the state.
The public schools in the Fond du Lac metro area were recently ranked 14h in the nation by Expansion Management Magazine.
www.fcedc.com /fdlceduc.html   (142 words)

  
 Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin WI, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Fond du Lac County is one of 72 counties in Wisconsin.
The county is in the Fond du Lac metro area.
This was an increase of 1.40% from the 2000 census.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=23122   (803 words)

  
 Visitior Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Waupun has many unique features that make it an attractive spot for tourists.
Eleven parks providing over 120 acres of recreational possibilities and beautiful settings for picnics, family gatherings and weddings can be found within the city limits.
Waupun County Park, also referred to as Fond du Lac County Park, is just outside the city limits.
www.waupunchamber.com /Visitior_Information.html   (469 words)

  
 WDNR - Waupun Park Maple Forest State Natural Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Access: From the intersection of State Highway 49 and County Highway MMM on the west side of Waupun, go north on MMM 0.8 miles into Waupun County Park to a parking area north of the road.
Description: Waupun Park Maple Forest features an outstanding old-growth remnant of southern mesic forest – a deciduous community type that originally covered an estimated 3.4 million acres in southern Wisconsin.
Waupun Park Maple Forest is owned by Fond du Lac County and was designated a State Natural Area in 1967.
www.dnr.state.wi.us /ORG/LAND/ER/SNA/sna51.htm   (264 words)

  
 Activities in Dodge County Wisconsin
The extensive trail systems in Dodge County vary in length and year-round recreational activity usage, such as hiking, bicycling, auto tours, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing and ATV riding.
The basin is bounded on the east by the Niagara escarpment and the eastern terminal moraine, formed by the Green Bay lobe during the last glaciated period in Wisconsin, which resulted in the extensive drumlin fields throughout Dodge County.
The Wild Goose Trail was developed on a former railroad grade and spans 32 miles skirting the western edge of the vast Horicon Marsh from Fond du Lac to Clyman Junction.
www.dodgecounty.com /activities.html   (1337 words)

  
 Rice
She was born March 25, 1810 in Milltown, Putnam County, New York, and died November 28, 1888 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
She was born January 12, 1876 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and died July 27, 1901 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
She was born March 09, 1887 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and died January 1975 in Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland.
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 Waupun, Wisconsin WI, town profile (Fond du Lac County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Waupun is a town in Fond du Lac County, in the Fond du Lac metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Waupun was $20,641, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Waupun, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $296.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=279060   (734 words)

  
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In the course of the research laboratory tests were conducted in the Wisconsin Structures and Materials Testing Lab (WSMTL) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) and a new bridge was constructed on US Highway 151 near the city of Waupun, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin utilizing the innovative FRP reinforcing system.
During construction quality assurance tests were performed on the FRP materials to ensure compliance with the special provisions, which had been developed for this project in collaboration with Alfred Benesch and Company.
The purpose of this research was to demonstrate the use of an innovative non-metallic, cost-effective, FRP reinforcing system for concrete bridge decks to a new bridge in the State of Wisconsin.
www.engr.wisc.edu /centers/wsmtl/WSMTL-WEB-pg02R-NEWS-IBRC-I.htm   (567 words)

  
 Dodge County, Wisconsin - County Parks - Camping
The Wild Goose State Trail (WGST), Wisconsin’s first “cooperative” State trail, is a multi-use recreation trail located in Dodge and Fond du Lac Counties on an abandoned Chicago and Northwestern railroad corridor.
The trail is owned by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, while Dodge and Fond du Lac Counties develop, maintain and operate the trail.
The trail runs from the southern trail head at HWY 60 (about 4 miles south of the City of Juneau) in Dodge County to the northern trail head at Rolling Meadows Drive in the City of Fond du Lac.
www.co.dodge.wi.us /planning/recreation/trails-index.htm   (750 words)

  
 Fond du Lac Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Fond du Lac CVB, Wisconsin, Tourism and Conventions in Fond du Lac, WI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Narrated and produced as a community service by Fond du Lac radio station KFIZ, the four CDs spotlight the history and landscapes of Fond du Lac County.
The project is a partnership between Fond du Lac County, the Fond du Lac Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Chambers of Commerce in Ripon, Waupun, and Campbellsport.
"The goal is to lure visitors to the beauty and history of Fond du Lac County and to alert residents of the vacation material in their own back yard," said Allen Buechel, Fond du Lac County Executive.
www.fdl.com /talking_roads   (435 words)

  
 Profile of Hans Christian Heg
Hans C. Heg was a Major in the 4th Wisconsin Militia, the State Prison Commissioner (the first Norwegian elected to a Wisconsin state-wide office), and an out-spoken anti-slavery activist when he was appointed by Wisconsin Governor Alexander Randall to be the Colonel (commander) of the 15th Wisconsin.
At that time he was 32 years old, married, and the father of 3 children: Hilda, James Edmund, and Elmer E. His residence was listed as the Town of Waterford, Racine County, Wisconsin, though he had been working at the State Prison in the Town of Waupun, Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin.
As it was, Colonel Heg was the highest-ranked Wisconsin soldier killed in combat during the Civil War.
www.lawzone.com /half-nor/heg.html   (2296 words)

  
 Explore Dodge County Wisconsin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Dodge County wants 4th circuit judge (Gazette Extra Sports) JUNEAU, Wis. - Citing overworked judges, Dodge County is requesting Gov. Jim Doyle grant the county a fourth circuit court judge.
4th judge is eyed for Dodge County (Fond du Lac Reporter) JUNEAU The Dodge County Board of Supervisors is asking Gov. Doyle for a fourth circuit court judge.
Dodge County seeks fourth judge (Fond du Lac Reporter) JUNEAU The Dodge County Board of Supervisors is asking Gov. Doyle for a fourth circuit court judge.
www.exploredodgecounty.com   (464 words)

  
 City of Waupun - Community Activities For Any Age
This group has members from Waupun, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Appleton and Neenah.
The Horicon Marsh is located southwest of Waupun on Hwy 49, in both Dodge and Fond du Lac Counties.
Hwy 49 crosses the Federal area 2-5 miles east of Waupun.
www.cityofwaupun.org /dept/page.cfm?pageid=81   (310 words)

  
 Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Home Page
Fond du Lac County, created in 1836 as a territorial county, is French for "bottom of the lake." Located in southeast Wisconsin, the county seat is Fond du Lac.
Fond du Lac, Grand, Killsnake, Milwaukee, Mullet, Rock, Sheboygan
Fond du Lac County - Winnefox Library System www.winnefox.org
www.wisconline.com /counties/fonddulac/index.html   (136 words)

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