Kansasville is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Racine County,
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
, United States. The area is a part of the
Town of Dover. The area has also been referred to as Brighton or
Eagle Lake, Wisconsin.
History
The origin for the name of the area is uncertain; some sources claim it was named after the
Kansas-Nebraska Act, while others claim it was named in honor of area settlers from Kansas. Another belief is that it was named after the railroad system in town which used to operate from Wisconsin to Kansas.
Education
The community is served by the
Dover School District, a district with only one school, Kansasville Grade School. After grade school, which covers Kindergarten to eighth grade, students are served by
Union Grove Union High School, the sole school in the Union Grove Union High School District, or by Burlington High School, in the Burlington School District.
Transportation
Kansasville was a stop on the Racine & Southwestern branch line of the
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, better known as the Milwaukee Road. In its 1980 bankruptcy, the Milwaukee Road disposed of the Southwestern Line. Today the line from
Sturtevant through
Union Grove to Kansasville is no longer operated by
CP Rail
The Canadian Pacific Railway () , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, known unt ...
. As a matter of fact the rails were removed some years ago. And there are plans to make this part into bike trails like what is west of Kansasvlle to Burlington and beyond there.
Recreation
Recreation areas in Kansasville include Eagle Lake Park and the
Richard Bong State Recreation Area, where the annual Wolf Lake Run/Hike is held.
Notes
External links
Kansasville~Town of Dover
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Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Racine County, Wisconsin