Walworth County, WI

Headnote
WALWORTH COUNTY, situated on the south boundary of Wisconsin, with Geneva lake at the south. Area, 675 square miles. Face of the country, undulating; soil, rich. Seat of justice, Elkhorn. Pop. in 1840, 2,611; in 1850, 17,862. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Wisconsin

Walworth County, Wisconsin (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
WALWORTH COUNTY, situated on the south boundary of Wisconsin, with Geneva lake at the south. Area, 675 square miles. Face of the country, undulating; soil, rich. Seat of justice, Elkhorn. Pop. in 1840, 2,611; in 1850, 17,862.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 374.
Date Type
In Wisconsin, freight train hits a passenger train waiting in the station at Delavan and five die Crime/Disasters
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