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Addison is a town in Washington County,
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, United States. The population was 3,341 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of
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, Allenton,
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, Nenno, and Saint Anthony are located with the town. The unincorporated community of
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is also located partially in the town.


History

In the early 19th century when the first white settlers arrived in Southeastern Wisconsin, the
Potawatomi The Potawatomi , also spelled Pottawatomi and Pottawatomie (among many variations), are a Native American people of the western Great Lakes region, upper Mississippi River and Great Plains. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a m ...
and
Menominee The Menominee (; mez, omǣqnomenēwak meaning ''"Menominee People"'', also spelled Menomini, derived from the Ojibwe language word for "Wild Rice People"; known as ''Mamaceqtaw'', "the people", in the Menominee language) are a federally recog ...
Native Americans inhabited the land now occupied by the Town of Addison. In 1831, the Menominee surrendered their claims to the land to the United States Federal Government through the Treaty of Washington. The Potawatomi surrendered their land claims in 1833 through the
1833 Treaty of Chicago The 1833 Treaty of Chicago struck an agreement between the United States government that required the Chippewa Odawa, and Potawatomi tribes cede to the United States government their of land (including reservations) in Illinois, the Wiscon ...
, which (after being ratified in 1835) required them to leave the area by 1838. While many Native people moved west of the Mississippi River to
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, some chose to remain, and were referred to as "strolling Potawatomi" in contemporary documents because many of them were migrants who subsisted by
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on their ancestral lands, which were now owned by white settlers. Eventually the Potawatomi who evaded forced removal gathered in northern Wisconsin, where they formed the
Forest County Potawatomi Community The Forest County Potawatomi Community ( pot, Ksenyaniyek) is a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people with approximately 1,400 members as of 2010. The community is based on the Forest County Potawatomi Indian Reservation, which cons ...
. The first white settlers were farmers who arrived in 1843 and 1844. The Town of Addison incorporated on January 21, 1846. At the time, it included the land that would become the Town of Wayne, which was partitioned from Addison on March 11, 1848. Many of the early settlers were German immigrants who operated crop and dairy farms. Several small unincorporated hamlets formed in Addison, the largest of which is Allenton. Located on the east branch of the Rock River, the community formed in 1882 around a depot of the Wisconsin Central Railroad. In its early years, the hamlet provided a market for farmers to sell their produce, a bank, and a sawmill.


Geography

According to the
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, the town has a total area of 36.2 square miles (93.7 km), all of it land.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 3,341 people, 1,149 households, and 928 families residing in the town. The
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was 92.4 people per square mile (35.7/km). There were 1,181 housing units at an average density of 32.6 per square mile (12.6/km). The racial makeup of the town was 99.28%
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, 0.15%
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, 0.21% Native American, 0.03%
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, 0.03%
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, 0.03% from
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, and 0.27% from two or more races.
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or
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of any race were 0.96% of the population. There were 1,149 households, out of which 41.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.6% were
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living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 14.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.25. In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.7 males. The median income for a household in the town was $56,875, and the median income for a family was $64,034. Males had a median income of $38,641 versus $25,203 for females. The
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for the town was $20,999. About 3.0% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the
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, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.


Education

Addison Public Schools are part of the
School District of Slinger The School District of Slinger educates students from K4 through 12th grade residing in the southeastern Wisconsin municipalities of Slinger, Addison, St. Lawrence, Polk, and portions of Richfield, Jackson, Hartford, and West Bend, in Washingt ...
. Schools in the district include Addison Elementary, Allenton Elementary, Slinger Elementary, Slinger Middle School and Slinger High School.


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Town of Addison, Wisconsin
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