Allenton, Wisconsin is an unincorporated

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in the

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of Addison, Wisconsin in

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 Wisconsin Highway 33 and

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. It is on a line of the

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, parent company of the Wisconsin Central Ltd. railroad company. Allenton has a post office with ZIP code 53002. As of the 2020 census, its population was 859.

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 Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Brooks Stevens's services included research, industrial design, engineering, proto ...

, 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, is located in the community.

Notable residents

* Alfred G. Becker, Wisconsin State Representative * John Reiser, former general manager of

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and

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race shops * Robbie Reiser, former

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driver,

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championship crew chief, team manager at

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Images

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Notes

Census-designated places in Wisconsin Census-designated places in Washington County, Wisconsin {{WashingtonCountyWI-geo-stub