Dodgeville, Wisconsin
The Iowa County Courthouse in Dodgeville The Iowa County Courthouse in Dodgeville Dodgeville is positioned in Wisconsin Dodgeville - Dodgeville Dodgeville is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.
The populace was 4,693 at the 2010 census, making it the county's most crowded city.
Dodgeville is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In 1827, Henry Dodge, his family, and about 40 miners began what would turn into the town/city of Dodgeville. Dodge made a pact with the small-town Winnebago Indian leaders so he could build a cabin and smelter.
It was incorporated as a village in the 1840s. Later a small "war" was fought with Mineral Point over which improve would turn into the seat of Iowa County after Lafayette County was created.
At the time, Mineral Point was the seat, because it was centrally positioned in the 'old' Iowa County that stretched from the Wisconsin River in the north south to the Illinois border.
The County seat eventually moved to Dodgeville because of its central locale in the 'new' Iowa County. Dodgeville's populace interval rapidly, and it became a center for quarrying and later, dairy product manufacturing and shipping.
Dodgeville became the biggest city in Wisconsin at the time as well as most of the Midwest north or St.
Several factors led to the diminish in importance of mining, including the Black Hawk War, the California Gold Rush of 1849, the Civil War, and the emergence of farming, dominant to Dodgeville's evolution as a company and agricultural center.
The Iowa County Courthouse was dedicated in 1859 and continues to serve as the seat of government in Iowa County, functioning as the earliest courthouse in the state.
The Iowa County Historical Society restored the cabin and moved it to its present locale on Fountain Street.
The Opera House was assembled in the early stages of Dodgeville's development.
The structure's foundation walls were among the earliest contemporary structures in Dodgeville, dating from the 1840s.
In the 1940s the lower level of the opera home was the first locale of the Iowa County Dairy Cooperative, before the coop assembled a structure near the intersection of Hwy.
At one time the Opera House was in the center of a grow company area, with a several hotels in the immediate vicinity: The Cocking Hotel, the Wisconsin House, and the Western Hotel, all on North Main Street.
The Dodgeville Primitive Methodist Church stood on this site until the present Plymouth Congregational UCC structure was assembled in 1907.
Downtown Dodgeville's historic buildings stretch six blocks along north and south Iowa Street.
The Jones and Owens family, prominent merchants in Dodgeville constructed a Mausoleum in the East Cemetery on East Division Street where a several of the family members are entombed.
The Jones family mansion is positioned on North Main Street athwart from Plymouth UCC and the Owens family mansion is positioned on South Iowa Street near the intersection with Valley Street.
Dodgeville is positioned at 42 57 48 N 90 7 52 W (42.963373, -90.131161). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.89 square miles (10.08 km2), all of it land. In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The foundations for the Iowa County Courthouse positioned at 222 North Iowa Street were laid in 1859, making it the state's earliest continuously active courthouse. Dodgeville Agri-Service, Hennessey Implement, and Farmers' Saving Bank are a several of the more meaningful businesses in the city.
Lands' End employs 6,000 citizens in its Dodgeville headquarters.
Dodgeville's initial Wal-Mart, the second earliest in the state, was shuttered in favor of a Super-Center on January 19, 2007.
Main article: Dodgeville School District The Dodgeville School District serves pupils from Dodgeville and the village of Ridgeway and consists four schools - two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.
One elementary school is positioned in Dodgeville, with the other in Ridgeway.
The Dodgeville school covers pre-K through 4th grade, while the Ridgeway school also has a 5th grade.
The Dodgeville school precinct sports squads are known by the name of Dodgeville Dodgers, with the letter D used as the team symbol.
Dodgeville's weekly journal is the Dodgeville Chronicle, presented every Wednesday.
With a circulation of about 5,300, the journal serves Dodgeville and encircling communities such as Highland, Linden, and Mineral Point.
Dodgeville is also served by the Wisconsin State Journal, presented in Madison, and the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Chicago Tribune.
Dodgeville's arts and cultural scene is represented by Voice of the River Valley magazine, A guide to citizens & affairs that inspire, inform and enrich life in the Lower Wisconsin and Sugar-Pecatonica River Basins.
Military Ridge State Trail is a 40-mile (64 km) trail that runs from Dodgeville to Fitchburg, Wisconsin following the former Chicago and Northwestern Railroad paths (MRT).
Governor Dodge State Park is positioned on Highway 23, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Dodgeville.
Every summer Dodgeville holds a "Farmer Appreciation Day" featuring a parade down Dodgeville's Iowa Street and a festival in Harris Park.
The event, which takes place the third weekend of July, serves as a way for the citizens of Dodgeville to show appreciation for the farmers who are the backbone of the small-town economy.
Joseph's Hospital and Dodgeville General Hospital consolidated to form Memorial Hospital In 2001, Memorial Hospital changed its name to Upland Hills Health Center.
The Dodgeville Municipal Airport, assembled in 1967, was originally known as the Governor Dodge Quinn airport but was retitled Dodgeville Airport.
The Aging & Disability Resource Center (ADRC) has a Care A Van that travels around Iowa county and to encircling areas amid the week.
The bus is available on Tuesdays for citizens wanting to travel around Dodgeville.
All inhabitants over the age of 60 and/or individuals with disabilities may use the Iowa County Aging & Disability Resource Center Volunteer Driver Escort program for non-emergency medical purposes only.
The Iowa County Taxi is a van that serves Dodgeville on Wednesdays and Fridays and Lamers Bus provides transit from Green Bay to Dubuque, stopping in downtown Dodgeville.
Dodgeville no longer has rail service, but was once served by both the Chicago and Northwestern as well as the Illinois Central Rail Roads.
The former Illinois Central freight depot still stands in downtown Dodgeville between Union, Iowa, Spring and Monitor Streets.
The former C&NW traveler depot was relocated from North Dodgeville to the former Don Q Inn Supper Club and Motel property two miles north of Dodgeville in the 1970s and still stands there today.
Dodgeville was the northern most end for the Illinois Central line from Freeport Illinois.
The Illinois Central line to Dodgeville was removed in February 1942 and the rails were used in the assembly of the Battleship Wisconsin which was commissioned amid World War II and served into the Viet Nam era.
Henry Dodge, first territorial governor of Wisconsin for whom Dodgeville was titled Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: City of Dodgeville "Dodge Mining Camp Cabin | Iowa County Historical Society".
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City of Dodgeville Municipalities and communities of Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States County seat: Dodgeville
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