Charlesburg (also Charlesburgh) 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 the town of
Brothertown in
Calumet 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.
History
Charlesburg was settled in 1855.
The first settler was probably Anton Reinl, an immigrant from Bohemia which was then part of Austrian Empire. Other early settlers were Raymond Lodes, Joseph Nadler, and Joseph Fisher. They spoke a dialect of German.
One of the landmarks in the community is its Catholic Church, called St. Charles Church. It opened in 1866 and closed in 2005.
Location
Charlesburg is located on St. Charles Road at its intersection with Washington Road. It is considered part of
the Holyland region in southern Calumet County.
Notable residents
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Aloysius Leitner, military
*
William Morgan William Morgan may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* William De Morgan (1839–1917), pottery and tile designer in Britain
* William Morgan (director) (1899–1964), English film director and editor
* William Michael Morgan (born 1993), American ...
, Wisconsin Attorney General
Images
File:CharlesburgWisconsinSouthSign.jpg, Looking north at the entrance sign to Charlesburg
File:CharlesburgWisconsinStCharlesChurch.jpg, St. Charles Church
References
Unincorporated communities in Calumet County, Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
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