BRIDGEPORT, P. V., in Brown county, on section 2, town 21 N., of range 19 E.

BRIGHAM's, Branch, a small tributary of the Fourth Lake, in Dane county.

BRIGHAM's, Prairie, is a large prairie in the town of Blue Mounds, Dane county.

BRIGHTON, P. V., in town of same name, Kenosha county.

BRIGHTON, Town, in county of Kenosha, being township 2 N., of

range 23 E.; located 17 miles west from Kenosha, the county seat. The population in 1850 was 180. It has 7 school districts.

BRISTOL, Town, in county of Dane, being township 9 N., of range 11 E.; located 14 miles northeast from Madison, the county seat. It has 5 school districts.

BRISTOL, Town, in county of Kenosha, being township 1 N., of range 21 E.; located 10 miles southwest from Kenosha, the county seat. The population in 1850 was 1,125. It has 12 school districts.

BRISTOL, P. V., Kenosha county, on section 4, town 1 N., of range 21 E., being in town of same name; located 11 miles west from Kenosha, and 95 miles southeast from Madison. The post office was established in 1839.

BROCK'S, Crossing, on L'eau Galle, in St. Croix county.
BROKEN GUN, Channel, the middle outlet of Black river.
BROOKFIELD, P. O., in town of same name, Waukesha county.
BROOKFIELD, Town, in the county of Waukesha, being township

7 N., of range 20 E.; located 9 miles northeast from Wauk-
esha, the county seat. The population in 1850 was 1,939. It
has 13 school districts.

BROOKLYN, Creek, a small stream, entering the Wisconsin from the southwest, at Brooklyn, Grant county.

BROOKLYN, Town, in county of Green, being township 4 N., of

range 9 E.; located 17 miles northeast from Monroe, the county seat. The population in 1850 was 531. It has 8 school districts.

BROOKLYN, Town, in county of Marquette, being township 16 N., of range 13 E. It has 9 school districts.

BROOKLYN, Town, in county of Sauk, having 7 school districts. BROOKLYN, Village, in Grant county, on Wisconsin river, at the

outlet of creek of the same name, in the town of Patch Grove. BROWN, County, is bounded on the north by Oconto, on the east by Kewaunee, on the south by Manitowoc, and on the west by Outagamie, and a portion of Oconto. It derived its name from General Brown, commander-in-chief of the army, and was originally organized by an act of the legislative council of the territory of Michigan, approved 16th October, 1818, and then included all of the territory of the present state of Wisconsin, east of a line drawn due north from the northern boundary of Illinois, through the middle of the Portage between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Its limits have been decreased from time to time, until at present it contains only fourteen and a half townships, being 21 by 24 miles square, with an addition of 3 by 6 miles to its northwestern corner. The seat of justice is established by law at the village of Depere, on the Neenah, about eight miles from its mouth, although the courts are held, and most of the county business transacted at Green Bay. Its streams are: Fox, (Neenah), Manitoo, (or East), Ashwabena and Big Suamico rivers, and Duck creek. The soil is better adapted to grazing than the raising of grain, although it produces good crops of wheat, rye, oats, potatoes, &c. The surface is mostly level or slightly undulating, with but little swamp or waste land. It is mostly heavily timbered, with maple, beech, birch, &c., interspersed with pine and a good proportion of hemlock. Brown county is attached to the fourth judicial circuit, to the third congres

sional, and to the second senatorial district, and with Kewaunee and Door, forms an assembly district. The population in 1825 was 952; 1830, 964; 1836, 2,706; 1838, 3,084; 1840, 2,107; 1842, 2,146; 1846, 2,662; 1847, 2,914; 1850, 6,222. Farms, 267; manufactories, 23; and dwellings, 1,005. It must be borne in mind that new counties were established from the county of Brown, between nearly every taking of the census, and that the foregoing table, so far as showing the increase of population is concerned, is a very unsatisfactory one. The following are the county officers for 1853 and 1854: County Judge, David Agry; Sheriff, Orlo B. Graves; Clerk of Court, John Last; District Attorney, Baron S. Doty; Register of Deeds, E. Holmes Ellis; Clerk of Board of Supervisors, Wm. Field, Jr.; County Treasurer, Charles Henry; County Surveyor, Eli P. Royce; Coroner, David Cormier. BROWN, Lake, about one and a half miles east of the village of Burlington, in Racine county. It is nearly a mile in diameter, and discharges its waters into the Pishtaka.

BUENA VISTA, P. V., Portage county, on section 20, town 22 N., of range 9 E.; 100 miles north from Madison, in a good farming country; with 100 inhabitants, 25 dwellings, 3 hotels, and 1 church.

BUENA VISTA, Town, in county of St. Croix.

BUCK, Creek, empties into the Mississippi, in town 9, Crawford county.

BUFFALO, Town, in county of Marquette, being township 14 N., of range 10 E. It has 4 school districts.

BUFFALO, Lake, Marquette county, is an expansion of the Neenah river, about 12 miles in length. It is mostly in town 15 N., of ranges 9 and 10 E.

BUFFALO, River, forms the boundary line for several miles between La Crosse and Chippewa counties, emptying into the Mississippi, in town 24 N., of range 6 E.

BUFFALO, Slough, the name given to the lower mouth of the Chip

pewa river.

BULLION, P. O., in Waukesha county.

BURKE, Town, in the county of Dane, being township 8 N., of range 10 E.; located 6 miles from Madison, the county seat. It has 6 school districts.

BURLINGTON, Town, in the county of Racine, north of town 2 N., and town 3 N., of range 19 E.; located 24 miles west of Racine, the county seat. The population in 1850 was 1,640. It has 8 school districts.

BURLINGTON, P. V., on Fox river, in town of same name, in county of Racine, on section 32, in town 4 N., of range 19

E.

BURNETT CORNERS, P. O., in town of Burnett, Dodge county.
BURNETT, P. O., in town of same name, Dodge county.
BURNETTE, Town, in the county of Dodge, being town 12 N., of

range 15 E.; located 6 miles north from Juneau, the county
seat. The population in 1850 was 816. It has 6 school dis
tricts.

BURNT DISTRICT, Falls, two perpendicular falls in the Menominee river, near its source, about a mile apart, and 9 feet in height. BURNT WOOD, River, see Bois Brule.

BUTLER, P.O., Milwaukee county, on section 6 in town of Wauwatosa, (town 7 N., range 21 E.,) 8 miles northwest from Milwaukee, on the Lisbon plank road, being the route of the North Madison Territory road from Milwaukee, and 80 miles from Madison. It has 1 hotel and a steam saw mill.

BUTTE DES MORTS, P. V., Winnebago county, on section 24 in town of Winneconne, (town 19 N., of range 15 E.), 10 miles northwest from Oshkosh, the county seat, and 85 miles northeast from Madison. It is beautifully situated on a high bluff on the left bank of the Fox river, near the head of lake Butte

des Morts, from which it takes its name. It offers many inducements to the settler, being a very healthy location, and surrounded by a good farming country. Lumber is plenty, immense quantities being rafted on the river. Population, 100; with 15 dwellings, 5 stores, 3 hotels, 1 steam mill, 2 religious denominations, and various mechanical shops.

BYRON, Town, in county of Fond du Lac, being town 14 N., of range 17 E.; centrally located, 8 miles south from Fond du Lac, the county seat. The population in 1850 was 882. It has 9 school districts.

CADIZ, P. V., in town of same name, Greene county; being on section 14, in town 1 N., of range 6 E.

CADIZ, Town, in the county of Green, being town 1 N., of range 6 E.; centrally located, 8 miles southwest from Monroe. The population in 1850 was 459. It has 5 school districts.

CADWELL, P. O., in county of Racine.

CALAMUS, Town, in the county of Dodge, being town 11 N., of range 13 E.; centrally located, 12 miles west from Juneau, the county seat. It has 6 school districts.

CALEDONIA, P. O., in town of same name, in county of Racine; being town 4 N., of range 22 E.

CALEDONIA, Town, in the county of Racine, being town 4 N., of range 22 E.; centrally located, 6 miles northwest from Racine. The population in 1850 was 1,065. It has 11 school districts. CALEDONIA, Town, in the county of Columbia. It has 6 school districts.

CALEDONIA, Town, in the county of Portage.

CALUMET, County, is bounded on the north by Brown and Outagamie, on the east by Manitowoc, on the south by Sheboygan and Fond du Lac, and on the west by Winnebago. It was set off from Brown, December 7, 1836, and organized for county purposes, January 6, 1840. On the 13th of August, 1840, it was disorganized, and its territory attached to Brown.