Busseyville, Wisconsin
Busseyville, Wisconsin | |
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Coordinates: 42°53′55″N 088°59′16″W / 42.89861°N 88.98778°WCoordinates: 42°53′55″N 088°59′16″W / 42.89861°N 88.98778°W | |
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County | Jefferson |
Town | Sumner |
Elevation | 241 m (791 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 920 |
GNIS feature ID | 1561899[1] |
Busseyville is an unincorporated community in the town of Sumner, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States.[2] It is located on Wisconsin Highway 106 near Luna Road, about ten miles west of Fort Atkinson. The Sumner town hall is located there as well as Busseyville Community Church.[3]
Notable people[]
The Swedish-American ornithologist Thure Kumlien lived on a farm near Busseyville,[4] as did other Swedes who had come in the same group with Kumlien, such as Charles Hammarquist, farmer, merchant, state legislator and postmaster of the Busseyville post office. Kumlien's son, Ludwig Kumlien, born at the family farm in Busseyville, rose to fame as an ornithologist and professor at Milton College.
Notes[]
- ^ "Busseyville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ "Busseyville Populated Place Profile / Jefferson County, Wisconsin Data". Wisconsin.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
- ^ K. Gene Carroll. "Western District of the Primitive Methodist Church". Primitivemethodistchurch.org. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
- ^ H. J. Taylor (1936). "Thure Ludwig Theodor Kumlien". Wilson Bulletin. 48 (2): 86–93.
Categories:
- Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Wisconsin
- Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
- South Central Wisconsin geography stubs