Editing Campbellsport, Wisconsin (section)

==Overview==
The village was named after Stuart Campbell, an early settler.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA50|year=1908|page=50}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=23842|title= Profile for Campbellsport, Wisconsin, WI|publisher= ePodunk |access-date=July 21, 2012}}</ref> It was also called '''Campbell's Port''' or '''West New Cassel'''.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WFFdLCentDir "Village of West New Cassel directory", ''Centennial 1876 directory of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, containing full directories of Fond du Lac, Ripon, Waupun, Brandon, Oakfield, New Cassel, Calvary, St. Cloud, Dundee, Calumet, Rosendale and other centers of trade and all the farming portion of Fond du Lac County; each in a department by itself, arranged in alphabetical order, and contained in one closely printed volume'' Fond du Lac:  M. G. Tousley & Co., 1876; pp. 218-220]</ref> Campbellsport was incorporated in 1902, absorbing the older nearby village of [[New Cassel, Wisconsin|New Cassel]].

The Milwaukee River flows through the east side of village and a discontinued railroad line is now a recreational trail, on the west side of the community. The local public school system serves the village as well as a large number of surrounding townships, the middle school and high school are located in Campbellsport, and the two elementary schools are located in Campbellsport and Eden. The area also has three private elementary schools, and busing is available to two private high schools in Fond du Lac.

Campbellsport has a well-equipped volunteer Fire Department that also operates an EMT ambulance service for the surrounding area. There is one medical clinic, a chiropractor and two dental offices in the village. There are currently two village parks and a growing library. The library provides computers and wireless internet services. The Campbellsport Athletic Association offers a summer program of activities for the youth of the area.

In 2008, the [[Fond du Lac County Jane Doe|body of a female was discovered]] near Campbellsport. The identity of the individual found remained a mystery until 2021, when she was identified as Amy Yeary.<ref name="nightmare">{{cite web |last=Rodewald |first=Adam |date=August 5, 2013 |title=Unidentified murder victim a 'total nightmare' case for detectives |url=http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20130804/FON019804/308040064/Unidentified-murder-victim-total-nightmare-case-detectives |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714184728/http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20130804/FON019804/308040064/Unidentified-murder-victim-total-nightmare-case-detectives |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |access-date=April 18, 2014}}</ref><ref name="baffles">{{cite news |date=August 1, 2013 |title=Cold Cases: Wisconsin Jane Doe baffles detective |agency=Wisconsin Rapids Tribune |url=http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/article/20130801/WRT019804/308010354/Cold-Cases-Wisconsin-Jane-Doe-baffles-detective-video- |url-status=dead |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727214821/http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/article/20130801/WRT019804/308010354/Cold-Cases-Wisconsin-Jane-Doe-baffles-detective-video- |archive-date=July 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 23, 2021 |title=Fond du Lac Jane Doe from 2008 identified as Rockford woman |url=https://www.fox6now.com/news/fond-du-lac-county-jane-doe |access-date=April 3, 2022 |website=FOX6 News Milwaukee |language=en-US}}</ref>