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 be

tween 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.

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BURLINGTON, P. V., on Fox river, in town of same name, 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

It offers many in

des Morts, from which it takes its name.
ducements 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.

It was again reorganized February 18, 1842, remaining in judicial connection with Brown until the organization of Fond du Lac, January 22, 1844, to which it was attached for judicial purposes. It was fully organized February 5, 1840. The seat of justice is at Chilton Centre, in the town of Charlestown, being in town 18 N., of range 20 E. It is well watered by tributaries of the Manitowoc river, and by small streams entering Lake Winnebago. The Brothertown and Stockbridge Indians have fine settlements, schools, and churches, in this county, and their farms and buildings compare favorably with others in the State. They are entitled to all the privileges of citizenship, and are frequently represented by some of their own number in the State legislature. This county contains much good land, which is for sale at low rates; the soil is good, and covered with a heavy growth of hard timber. It forms a portion of the fourth judicial circuit, of the third congressional, and of the first senate district, and sends one member to the assembly. The population in 1840 was 275; 1842, 407; 1846, 836; 1847, 1,060; 1850, 1,746. Farms, 243; manufactories, 5; dwellings, 381. The county officers for 1853 and 1854 are: County Judge, Moody Mann; Sheriff, J. S. Hammer; Clerk of Court, Charles Growing; Register, L. P. Fowler.

CALUMET, P. V., in town of same name, Fond du Lac county. CALUMET, Town, in the county of Fond du Lac, being the south fractional half of township 17 N., of range 18 and 19 E., and north fractional half of town 16 N., of range 19 E.; centrally located, 10 miles northeast from Fond du Lac. The population in 1850, as then organized, 1,704.

CALVIN'S, Creek, in Manitowoc county, a small stream, entering Lake Michigan about 5 miles southwest from the mouth of the Manitowoc river.

CAMBRIDGE, P. V., in northern part of town of Christiana, Dane county, on stage route from Madison to Whitewater.

CAMP, Creek, rises in the north west corner of Richland county, and runs westerly into Otter creek, of Bad Ax county.

CAMP, Lake, in Kenosha county, is a long and narrow lake near the centre of the town of Salem.

CARMA, Island, near the western shore of lake Michigan, in Door county.

CASCADE, P. V., Sheboygan county, in town of same name, on section 29, town 14 N., of range 21 E.; 18 miles southwest from Sheboygan, and 110 miles northeast from Madison, on the most direct route between the same. It is situated on the east branch of the Milwaukee river, and has a good waterpower; in the midst of a good, though new, farming country, mostly of timbered lands. It has 300 inhabitants, 25 families, 2 stores, 2 hotels, 1 saw, and 1 grist mill; 3 organized denominations, baptist, congregational, and methodist. It has a good charter for an academy.

CASSVILLE, P. V. in town of same name, Grant county, being in town 3 N., of range 5 W., on the Mississippi river, and was

formerly a place of considerable importance.

CASSVILLE, Town, in county of Grant, being all of the same embraced in towns 3 and 4 N., of ranges 5 and 6 W.; centrally located, 15 miles southwest from Lancaster, the county seat. It has 7 school districts.

CASTLE ROCK, on the west bank of the Wisconsin river, in town 15 N., of range 5 E,, in Adams county.

CATFISH, River, rises in the Fourth Lake, and connecting the four lakes in Dane county, runs southeast, emptying into the Rock river in the town of Fulton, Rock county.

CEDARBURG, P. V., in town of same name, Ozaukee county, being on section 34, town 10 N., of range 21 E.; located 10 miles southwest from Ozaukee.

CEDARBURG, Town, in county of Washington, being town 10 N.,

of range 21 E., excepting the easterly range of sections be