Editing Franksville, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
Originally occupied by the [[Potawatomi|Potowatomi tribe]], the first white settlers in the area then known as Skunk Grove arrived in the 1830s. By the 1850s, [[plank road]]s were built through the area, and by the 1870s the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway]] (Milwaukee Road) laid tracks through the area and a plat was filed with [[Racine County, Wisconsin|Racine County]].<ref name="wieman">{{cite book |editor-last=Wieman |editor-first=C. J. Bud |date=1975 |title=Franksville: "the first 100 years", Franksville, Wisconsin, 1875-1975; in conjunction with the 25th annual Kraut Festival, July 24-27, 1975 |url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WPLFranks |publisher=Franksville Businessmen's Association}}</ref>{{rp|pages=3–5}} This track is now used by the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] as the [[C&M Subdivision]].

In 1907, the Frank Pure Food Company was established and built a plant in Franksville for the purpose of making [[sauerkraut]].<ref name="wieman"/>{{rp|page=22}} Contrary to popular belief, however, the company did not give Franksville its name, which had already been established. The name likely came from either Frank Brandecker, a surveyor who platted the area, or Frank Drandieker, a foreman of the crew that laid the railroad tracks through the area.<ref name="wieman"/>{{rp|page=5}} In 1949, the company held the first Kraut Festival, which was originally a picnic for employees and friends, but later expanded to a 4-day event.<ref name="wieman"/>{{rp|page=12}} The festival's run ended in 2002, but was revived in 2015 as Kraut Music Fest.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wisn.com/article/kraut-music-fest-returns-to-racine-county-this-weekend/6327247 |title=Kraut Music Fest returns to Racine County this weekend |last=Mintz |first=Hillary |publisher=Hearst Television Inc. |date=June 16, 2015 |website=WISN.com |access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref>

Franksville became part of the newly established village of [[Caledonia, Racine County, Wisconsin|Caledonia]] on March 20, 2006.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html Population Estimates Boundary Changes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806133317/http://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html |date=August 6, 2010 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], 2007-07-01. Accessed 2008-11-05.</ref>