Denmark
Posted by: frankhj
N 44° 20.815 W 087° 49.557
16T E 434167 N 4910737
Denmark Marker in Denmark.
Waymark Code: WM1X0J
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 07/23/2007
Views: 43
In 1848, immigrants from Langeland, Denmark, seeking economic opportunity and plentiful farmland, settled in this vicinity. The Danes purchased land here and called their early settlement "Copenhagen", later changed to Denmark. In subsequent years, German, Irish and Czech immigrants joined the Danes, and Denmark grew to be a prosperous farming and trading community. After a railroad line reached Denmark in 1906, the area became an important center for Wisconsin cheese and dairy production.
County: Brown
Location: Park
MarkerID: 373
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