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Dairy is a major industry in the State of Wisconsin. Pictured is a worker in 1922 at a New Glarus cheese factory placing a Wisconsin stamp on wheels of cheese.

Wisconsin (/wɪˈskɒnsɪn/ ^ⓘ wiss-KON-sin) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by land area and the 20th-most populous.

The bulk of Wisconsin's population live in areas situated along the shores of Lake Michigan. The largest city, Milwaukee, anchors its largest metropolitan area, followed by Green Bay and Kenosha, the third- and fourth-most-populated Wisconsin cities, respectively. The state capital, Madison, is currently the second-most-populated and fastest-growing city in the state. Wisconsin is divided into 72 counties and as of the 2020 census had a population of nearly 5.9 million.

Wisconsin's geography is diverse, having been greatly impacted by glaciers during the Ice Age with the exception of the Driftless Area. The Northern Highland and Western Upland along with a part of the Central Plain occupy the western part of the state, with lowlands stretching to the shore of Lake Michigan. Wisconsin is third to Ontario and Michigan in the length of its Great Lakes coastline. The northern portion of the state is home to the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. At the time of European contact, the area was inhabited by Algonquian and Siouan nations, and today it is home to eleven federally recognized tribes. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, many European settlers entered the state, most of whom emigrated from Germany and Scandinavia. Wisconsin remains a center of German American and Scandinavian American culture, particularly in respect to its cuisine, with foods such as bratwurst and kringle. Wisconsin is home to one UNESCO World Heritage Site, comprising two of the most significant buildings designed by Wisconsin-born architect Frank Lloyd Wright: his studio at Taliesin near Spring Green and his Jacobs I House in Madison. (Full article...)

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U.S. Highway 8 (US 8) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs primarily east–west for 280 miles (451 km), mostly within the state of Wisconsin. It connects Interstate 35 (I-35) in Forest Lake, Minnesota, to US 2 at Norway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan near the border with Wisconsin. Except for the short freeway segment near Forest Lake, a section near the St. Croix River bridge, the interchange with US 51, and a three-mile (4.8 km) stretch west of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, it is mostly an undivided surface road. As a state highway in the three states, US 8 is maintained by the Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan departments of transportation (MnDOT, WisDOT, and MDOT, respectively).

The highway was originally commissioned on November 11, 1926, with the rest of the original U.S. Highway System. At the time, it ran between Forest Lake, Minnesota, and Pembine, Wisconsin, with a planned continuation to Powers, Michigan. Several changes have been made to the routing of the highway since then. The western end was extended south to Minneapolis before it was truncated back to Forest Lake. Other changes on the east end have moved that terminus from the originally planned end location at Powers to the current location in Norway. Internal WisDOT and MDOT map files at various times have shown plans to reroute the highway to connect to the original planned 1926 terminus. US 8's course through the three states has also been shifted to follow different alignments over the years. (Full article...)

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The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. It is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, dating back to 1919, and is the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team based in the United States. Home games have been played at Lambeau Field since 1957. They have the most wins of any NFL franchise.

The Packers are the last of the "small-town teams" that were common in the NFL during the league's early days of the 1920s and 1930s. Founded in 1919 by Earl "Curly" Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun, the franchise traces its lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay dating back to 1896. Between 1919 and 1920, the Packers competed against other semi-pro clubs from around Wisconsin and the Midwest, before joining the American Professional Football Association (APFA), the forerunner of today's NFL, in 1921. In 1933, the Packers began playing part of their home slate in Milwaukee until changes at Lambeau Field in 1995 made it more lucrative to stay in Green Bay full-time; Milwaukee is still considered a home media market for the team. Although Green Bay is by far the smallest major league professional sports market in North America, Forbes ranked the Packers as the world's 27th-most-valuable sports franchise in 2019, with a value of $2.63 billion. (Full article...)

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Image 1Lambeau Field in Green Bay is home to the NFL's Packers. (from Wisconsin)
Image 2Wisconsin, from an altitude of 206 nautical miles (237 statute miles; 382 km) at 7:43:39 am CDT on March 11, 2012 during Expedition 30 of the International Space Station. (from Wisconsin)
Image 3Map Showing Lines of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company c 1907 (from Wisconsin)
Image 4Corn planting in Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 5The Apostle Islands are a group of 22 islands in Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin. (from Wisconsin)
Image 6Timms Hill is the highest natural point in Wisconsin at 1,951.5 ft (594.8 m); it is located in the town of Hill, Price County. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 7The color guard of the Wisconsin 8th Infantry with Old Abe (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 8The state seal of Wisconsin contains a shovel and pickaxe, reflecting the importance of lead mining to Wisconsin's history. (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 9The Daniel E. Krause Stone Barn in Chase was built in 1903, as dairy farming spread across the state. (from Wisconsin)
Image 10The Wisconsin State Capitol is located on the isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona, in the city of Madison. (from Wisconsin)
Image 11The Daniel E. Krause Stone Barn in Chase was built in 1903, as dairy farming spread across the state. (from Wisconsin)
Image 12Blackjack Springs Wilderness, in the Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 13The Milwaukee Art Museum (from Wisconsin)
Image 14Logs being transported on a sleigh after being cut (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 15State welcome sign (from Wisconsin)
Image 16State welcome sign (from Wisconsin)
Image 17Wisconsin Governor Robert La Follette addresses an assembly, 1905 (from Wisconsin)
Image 18French-Canadian voyageur Joseph Roi built the Tank Cottage in Green Bay in 1776. Located in Heritage Hill State Historical Park, it is the oldest standing building from Wisconsin's early years and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 19The Wisconsin State Capitol is located on the isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona, in the city of Madison. (from Wisconsin)

Map of counties in Wisconsin by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

Legend

Non-Hispanic White

40–50%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Native American

80–90%

(from Wisconsin)

Image 21St. Croix Falls, 1865, log jam (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 22Wisconsin in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, approximate state area highlighted (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 23Köppen climate types of Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 24Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin in Spring Green (from Wisconsin)
Image 25Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin in Spring Green (from Wisconsin)
Image 26Lambeau Field in Green Bay is home to the NFL's Packers. (from Wisconsin)
Image 27Wisconsin is divided into five geographic regions. (from Wisconsin)
Image 28Wisconsin is divided into five geographic regions. (from Wisconsin)
Image 29The 300th anniversary of Nicolet's landing in 1634 is commemorated on a U.S. stamp, issued by the U.S. Post Office in 1934 (from Wisconsin)
Image 30On May 29, 1948, the U.S.Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 100th anniversary of Wisconsin statehood, featuring the state capitol building and map of Wisconsin. (from Wisconsin)
Image 31The 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 led to large protests around the state capitol building in Madison. (from Wisconsin)
Image 32The 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 led to large protests around the state capitol building in Madison. (from Wisconsin)
Image 33The Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, held the nation's first meeting of the Republican Party. (from Wisconsin)
Image 34Map Showing Lines of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company c 1907 (from Wisconsin)
Image 35Wisconsin counties (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 36Privy Seal of Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 37Location of Wisconsin in the United States (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 38Drawing of Industrial Milwaukee in 1882 (from Wisconsin)
Image 39Wisconsin Governor Robert La Follette in 1905 (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 40The Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin is characterized by bluffs carved in sedimentary rock by water from melting Ice age glaciers. (from Wisconsin)
Image 411865 map Wisconsin prepared by Increase Lapham (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 42Ethnic origins in Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 43Wisconsin in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate state area highlighted (from Wisconsin)
Image 44Chief Black Hawk, by George Catlin (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 45Map of Wisconsin Territory 1836–1848 (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 46The Wisconsin 8th Volunteer Eagle Regiment with Old Abe (from Wisconsin)
Image 47The 300th anniversary of Nicolet's landing in 1634 is commemorated on a U.S. stamp, issued by the U.S. Post Office in 1934 (from Wisconsin)
Image 48Wisconsin is divided into five geographic regions. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 49Wisconsin counties (from Wisconsin)
Image 50Wisconsin, from an altitude of 206 nautical miles (237 statute miles; 382 km) at 7:43:39 am CDT on March 11, 2012 during Expedition 30 of the International Space Station. (from Wisconsin)
Image 51Wisconsin in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate state area highlighted (from Wisconsin)
Image 52Wisconsin 2020 Population Density Map (from Wisconsin)
Image 53Drawing of Industrial Milwaukee in 1882 (from Wisconsin)
Image 54The Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin is characterized by bluffs carved in sedimentary rock by water from melting Ice Age glaciers. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 55Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan was the 2012 Republican Party nominee for vice president, and later served as the speaker of the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
Image 56Wisconsin counties (from Wisconsin)
Image 57The Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin is characterized by bluffs carved in sedimentary rock by water from melting Ice age glaciers. (from Wisconsin)
Image 58Sunset over Lake Winnebago. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 59American Family Field is the home stadium of Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers. (from Wisconsin)
Image 60Islands off the Door Peninsula. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 61The largest platform mound at Aztalan, with modern reconstructions of steps and stockade (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 62Map of counties in Wisconsin by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
Legend
- Non-Hispanic White
    40–50%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
    90%+
  
  Native American
    80–90%
(from Wisconsin)
Image 63Jean Nicolet, depicted in a 1910 painting by Frank Rohrbeck, was probably the first European to explore Wisconsin. The mural is located in the Brown County Courthouse in Green Bay. (from Wisconsin)
Image 64The Little White Schoolhouse, in Ripon, 1854, which hosted the first meeting of what became the national Republican Party (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 65The U.S. Bank Center in downtown Milwaukee is home to the headquarters of Foley & Lardner, Robert W. Baird & Company, Sensient Technologies Corporation, and is the Milwaukee office for U.S. Bank, IBM, and CBRE. (from Wisconsin)
Image 66Music stage at Summerfest, 1994 (from Wisconsin)
Image 67Ethnic origins in Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 68The Milwaukee Art Museum (from Wisconsin)
Image 69Wisconsin 2020 Population Density Map (from Wisconsin)
Image 70On May 29, 1948, the U.S.Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 100th anniversary of Wisconsin statehood, featuring the state capitol building and map of Wisconsin. (from Wisconsin)
Image 71Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan was the 2012 Republican Party nominee for vice president, and later served as the speaker of the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
Image 72The U.S. Bank Center in downtown Milwaukee is home to the headquarters of Foley & Lardner, Robert W. Baird & Company, Sensient Technologies Corporation, and is the Milwaukee office for U.S. Bank, IBM, and CBRE. (from Wisconsin)
Image 73The Senate Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol (from Wisconsin)
Image 74Jean Nicolet's 1634 landing in Wisconsin (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 75Drawing of a mastodon skeleton by Rembrandt Peale (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 76The Wisconsin 8th Volunteer Eagle Regiment with Old Abe (from Wisconsin)
Image 77American Family Field is the home stadium of Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers. (from Wisconsin)
Image 78Corn planting in Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 79Privy Seal of Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 80Jean Nicolet, depicted in a 1910 painting by Frank Rohrbeck, was probably the first European to explore Wisconsin. The mural is located in the Brown County Courthouse in Green Bay. (from Wisconsin)
Image 81A general map of Wisconsin (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 82Köppen climate types of Wisconsin, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 83The Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, held the nation's first meeting of the Republican Party. (from Wisconsin)
Image 84Wisconsin Governor Robert La Follette addresses an assembly, 1905 (from Wisconsin)
Image 85A stone barn built for cows in Wisconsin. The circular silo was used to store feed. (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 86Music stage at Summerfest, 1994 (from Wisconsin)
Image 87The Senate Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol (from Wisconsin)
Image 88The Apostle Islands are a group of 22 islands in Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin. (from Wisconsin)
Image 89Köppen climate types of Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)

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... that there have been several attempts to make Colby cheese the official state cheese of Wisconsin?
... that a Wisconsin radio station used to collect rent from the United States Congress?
... that two voyageur canoes capsized off of Hog Island in 1976?
... that Wisconsin farmer-lawmaker Joseph Mleziva refused to run for a fifth term in 1948, saying, "I can't afford to continue and, besides, I'm tired of taking the abuse that comes with the job"?
... that the BOW counties in Wisconsin were one of the regions of the U.S. that helped Joe Biden win the presidency in 2020?
... that Frank Avery Hutchins has been called the "father of Wisconsin public libraries"?

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v t e Largest cities or towns in Wisconsin ^[1]
	Rank	Name	County	Municipal pop.
Milwaukee Madison	1	Milwaukee	Milwaukee	577,222	Green Bay Kenosha
	2	Madison	Dane	269,840
	3	Green Bay	Brown	107,395
	4	Kenosha	Kenosha	99,986
	5	Racine	Racine	77,816
	6	Appleton	Outagamie	75,644
	7	Waukesha	Waukesha	71,158
	8	Eau Claire	Eau Claire	69,421
	9	Oshkosh	Winnebago	66,816
	10	Janesville	Rock	65,615

See List of cities in Wisconsin for a full list.

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