Busseyville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in the town of

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, Jefferson County,

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, United States. It is located on

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near Luna Road, about ten miles west of Fort Atkinson. The Sumner town hall is located there as well as Busseyville Community Church.

Notable people

The Swedish-American

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

Thure Kumlien Thure Ludwig Theodor Kumlien (November 9, 1819 – August 5, 1888) was a Swedish-American ornithologist, naturalist, and taxidermist. A contemporary of Thoreau, Audubon, and Agassiz, he contributed much to the knowledge of the natural history ...

lived on a farm near Busseyville, as did other Swedes who had come in the same group with Kumlien, such as

Charles Hammarquist Charles G. Hammarquist (November 22, 1822 – December 3, 1889) was an American farmer, merchant and postmaster from Busseyville, Wisconsin, who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Background He was born in Norrköping, Sweden on Novem ...

, farmer, merchant, state legislator and

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of the Busseyville post office. Kumlien's son,

Ludwig Kumlien Aaron Ludwig Kumlien (March 15, 1853 – December 4, 1902) was an American ornithologist and the oldest son of Thure Kumlien. He took part in the Howgate Polar Expedition 1877-78 and collected a large number of bird specimens which led to the dis ...

, born at the family farm in Busseyville, rose to fame as an ornithologist and professor at

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Notes

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