Allenton, Wisconsin is an

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in the

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

Washington County, Wisconsin Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 136,761. Its county seat is West Bend. The county was created from Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and organized in 1845. It was named after P ...

. It is located near the intersection of

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and

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. It is on a line of the

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, parent company of the

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railroad company. Allenton has a post office with ZIP code 53002. As of the 2010 census, its population was 824.

Geography

Allenton is located at latitude 43.421 and longitude -88.341. The elevation is 958 feet. Allenton has an area of , all of it land. The Rock River cuts through the town.

Demographics

Economy

Brooks Stevens Design Associates Brooks Stevens, Inc., also known as Brooks Stevens Design Associates and Brooks Stevens Design, is a product development firm headquartered in Allenton, Wisconsin. Brooks Stevens's services included research, industrial design, engineering, protot ...

, a product design firm, is based in Allenton, as is Zuern Building Products, a chain of lumber yards in Wisconsin. Maysteel and Boyd are also situated there.

Education

*Allenton Elementary School, which is 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 ...

, is located in the community.

Notable residents

Alfred G. Becker Alfred George Becker was an American politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Becker was born on August 24, 1887, in Addison, Wisconsin, the son of Philip Becker (1862–1939) and Amalia née Ferber (1866–1951). H ...

, Wisconsin State Representative *

John Reiser John Reiser (June 24, 1938 – November 19, 2005) was a race car driver and successful businessman from Wisconsin. He founded Triton Trailers in Hartford, Wisconsin. He later founded Reiser Enterprises in Denver, North Carolina, in which he furth ...

, former general manager of

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and

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race shops *

Robbie Reiser Robert Reiser (born June 27, 1963) is a former crew chief and a general manager for RFK Racing. Reiser is the son of Alice and John Reiser, who served as general manager for Roush Racing's Busch and Craftsman Truck series race shops. Career R ...

, former

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driver,

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championship crew chief, team manager at

Roush Fenway Racing Roush is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Politics *Glenn Roush (1934–2020), American politician in Montana *J. Edward Roush (1920–2004), United States Representative for Indiana, namesake of: ** J. Edward Roush Lake, a rese ...

Images

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Notes

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