Charlesburg, Wisconsin

Charlesburg
Unincorporated community

Downtown Charlesburg
Charlesburg

Location within the state of Wisconsin

Coordinates: 43°58′11″N 88°10′12″W / 43.96972°N 88.17000°WCoordinates: 43°58′11″N 88°10′12″W / 43.96972°N 88.17000°W
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Calumet
Established 1855
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 920

Charlesburg (also Charlesburgh) is an unincorporated community in the town of Brothertown, Wisconsin in Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2][3]

History

Charlesburg was settled in 1855.[4] One of the landmarks in the community is its Catholic Church called St. Charles Church. It opened in 1866 and closed in 2005.[5] The original settlers were Anton Reinl, Raymond Lodes, Joseph Nadler and Joseph Fisher. The first settler was probably Anton Reinl, an immigrant from Bohemia which was then part of Austrian Empire, as were Lodes and Nadler. They spoke a dialect of German.[6]

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.[7]

Notable residents

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References

  1. ↑ "Charlesburg, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Wisconsin Directory of History-Charlesburg, Wisconsin
  3. ↑ Calumet County map http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/calumet.pdf
  4. ↑ Edens, Mrs. Dale (January 18, 1973). "Historical Insight". Chilton Times-Journal.
  5. ↑ "Wisconsin. Charlesburg. St. Charles.". The Catholic University of America. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  6. ↑ (September 8, 1966), Anniversary of St Charles Parish, Sheboygan Press
  7. ↑ "German-Catholic immigrants shaped life, communities in east-central Wisconsin". University of Wisconsin–Madison. 2003-02-25. Retrieved 2008-09-15.