Brothertown 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 ...

located in the town of Brothertown,

Calumet County, Wisconsin Calumet County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,442. The county seat is Chilton. The county was created in 1836 (then in the Wisconsin Territory) and organized in 1850. Calum ...

, United States.

History

It was originally settled by the

Brothertown Indians The Brothertown Indians (also ''Brotherton''), located in Wisconsin, are a Native American tribe ethnogenesis, formed in the late 18th century from communities descended from Pequot, Narragansett people, Narragansett, Montaukett, Montauk, Tunx ...

under the name Eeyamquittoowauconnuck. The tribe gave up its federal recognition in order to avoid relocation and much of the land was eventually settled by German immigrants.

Images

File:BrothertownWisconsinDowntownWest.jpg, Looking west in Brothertown File:BrothertownWisconsinSignUS151.jpg, Brothertown sign on

U.S. Route 151 U.S. Highway 151 (US 151) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs through the states of Iowa and Wisconsin. The southern terminus for US 151 is at a junction with Interstate 80 (I-80) in Iowa County, Iowa, and its northern termin ...

File:BrothertownWisconsin.jpg, Brothertown in late summer

References

Unincorporated communities in Calumet County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{CalumetCountyWI-geo-stub