Charlesburg, Wisconsin

Charlesburg, Wisconsin
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
Town	Brothertown
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 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

• Aloysius Leitner, military
• William Morgan, Wisconsin Attorney General

Images

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  Looking north at the entrance sign to Charlesburg

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  St. Charles Church

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.