Editing Dousman, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
[[File:Dousman Historic Marker.jpg|thumb|Historic marker in Cory Park]]
A post office called Dousman has been in operation since 1856.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Waukesha | title=Waukesha County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=March 16, 2015}}</ref> Founded in 1881, the village was named for Talbot C. Dousman, a local farmer and businessman who helped bring the [[Chicago and North Western Transportation Company|Chicago and North Western]] railroad to the area.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028871627 |quote=talbot dousman. |title=The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin |place=Chicago |publisher=Western Historical Company |year=1880 |page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028871627/page/n1039 1004]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dousmanhistory.org/history-1.html |author=Dousman Historical Society |title=Dousman, WI Area History |access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref> The village was incorporated in 1917.<ref name=":0" />

The village was at one time{{when|date=April 2016}} called "Bullfrog Station" because of the numerous [[American bullfrog|bullfrogs]] in the area. The local baseball team is still called the Dousman Frogs and an annual frog jumping competition takes place during Dousman's Derby Days.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dousmanchamber.org/special-events/derby-days/|author=Dousman Area Chamber of Commerce |title=Derby Days |date=March 26, 2015 |access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>