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Wisconsin Municipalities map of counties, cities, villages, and towns. Towns in Wisconsin are similar to civil townships in other states. For a more detailed discussion, see Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Town. Frequently a village or city may have the same name as a town. As of 2006, Wisconsin had 1,260 towns, some with the same name.
Wisconsin Municipalities map of counties, cities, villages, and towns. The administrative divisions of Wisconsin include counties, cities, villages and towns. In Wisconsin, all of these are units of general-purpose local government. There are also a number of special-purpose districts formed to handle regional concerns, such as school districts ...
The Tanger Outlet Center opened in 2006 near the Great Wolf Lodge, replacing the defunct Wisconsin Dells Greyhound Park, which opened in May 1990, but closed in 1996 due to heavy competition from the nearby Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells Bingo/Casino. Since Mt. Olympus opened the Parthenon Indoor Theme Park in 2006, two more indoor theme parks ...
Orono (/ ˈ ɒr ə ˌ n oʊ / ORR-ə-noh, / ˈ ɒr n oʊ / ORR-noh) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. It is situated west of Minneapolis on the north shore of Lake Minnetonka. Orono is an affluent municipality that ranks as one of the wealthiest cities in the state. [6] The population was 7,437 at the 2010 census. [7]
U.S. Highway 12 (US 12 or Highway 12) in the U.S. state of Wisconsin runs east–west across the western to southeast portions of the state. It enters from Minnesota running concurrently with Interstate 94 (I-94) at Hudson, parallels the Interstate to Wisconsin Dells, and provides local access to cities such as Menomonie, Eau Claire, Black River Falls, Tomah, and Mauston.
WIS 16 turns east off of US 12 onto WIS 13 north and passes through downtown Wisconsin Dells and into Columbia County. WIS 23 East also joins the highways at the same point. [ 6 ] WIS 16 turns off from WIS 13 and WIS 23 on the east side of Wisconsin Dells and junctions with WIS 127 one mile (1.6 km) southeast of town.
The town of Orono was settled in the 1770s, and was incorporated in 1806, named for Joseph Orono, a local Penobscot chief who had recently died. Its population was relatively small until a lumber boom began in the 1820s. This boom continued into the 1840s, and resulted in Orono's most significant period of population growth.
town line: WIS 136 east – Rock Springs: Town of Excelsior: WIS 33 east – Baraboo: Northern end of WIS 33 concurrency: Lake Delton: I-90 / I-94 – Madison, Tomah: I-90 exit 89: US 12 east – Baraboo: Southern end of US 12 concurrency: Wisconsin Dells: WIS 13 south – Madison US 12 west / WIS 16 west – Mauston, Lyndon Station