Hanover is an
unincorporated census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
located in the town of
Plymouth, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. It is west of
Janesville and east of
Orfordville. As of the
2020 census, its population was 179.
History
Hanover was originally called Bass Creek.
The present name is after
Hanover
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, Germany, the native home of a large share of the early settlers.
A post office was established as Bass Creek in 1856 and renamed Hanover in 1859; the post office closed in 2014.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Rock County, Wisconsin
Census-designated places in Wisconsin
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