Editing Hortonville, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
In 1848, a man by the name of [[Alonzo Horton]] purchased 1,500 acres from the [[governor]] of Wisconsin, now known as the [[Hortonia, Wisconsin|Town of Hortonia]] and the Village of Hortonville, for only 70 cents per acre. The first thing Horton did was build a cabin; by damming the Black Otter Creek, which created the {{convert|75|acre|m2|adj=on}} Black Otter Lake. After laying out a plat for the community by buying land and platting it off in 1849, Horton was swayed westward by the [[California Gold Rush]]. He later developed the city of [[San Diego, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hortonvillewi.org/about-hortonville |title=About The Village of Hortonville, Wisconsin who later went on to develop San Diego<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=May 27, 2013 |archive-date=September 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925210606/http://www.hortonvillewi.org/about-hortonville |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://hortonvillelibrary.org/history/history |title = History of Hortonville &#124; Hortonville Public Library}}</ref>

On August 11, 1894, the settlement was incorporated as the Village of Hortonville. At that time, it had one of the first match light factories in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hortonvillewi.org/about-hortonville |title=About Hortonville |access-date=May 27, 2013 |archive-date=September 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925210606/http://www.hortonvillewi.org/about-hortonville |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Two feature films were said to have been set in Hortonville, WI. 1944 [[Janie (1944 film)]] and 1947 [[Janie Gets Married]].

During [[World War II]], a German [[POW]] camp was established in Hortonville along County Hwy MM on the north side of the village.<ref>[http://www.myhistorymuseum.org/WWII/1945/POW.htm POW camps] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614093521/http://myhistorymuseum.org/wwII/1945/POW.htm |date=June 14, 2011 }}</ref>

On March 18, 1974, the teachers at the Hortonville Community School went on strike, an event that received national news coverage.<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,911300-1,00.html | title=Education: The Hortonville 84| magazine=Time| date=May 27, 1974}}</ref>

In 1981, the [[Hortonville Community Hall]], now known as the Hortonville Opera House, was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

In 2023, a group of Hortonville residents received regional news coverage for their attendance at the [[Major League Baseball]] [[Milwaukee Brewers]] debut of Hortonville-raised [[Caleb Boushley]].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Curt |last=Hogg |date=September 29, 2023  |title=Hortonville's Caleb Boushley was once playing club baseball. Now he's on the Brewers. |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2023/09/29/hortonville-native-caleb-boushley-called-up-by-brewers/71001237007/ |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=Journal Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Curt |last=Hogg |date=September 29, 2023 |title=Brewers 4, Cubs 3 (10): Hortonville's Caleb Boushley stars in 'better than a dream' MLB debut |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2023/09/29/milwaukee-brewers-vs-chicago-cubs-score-game-updates-starting-lineup/71001217007/ |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=Journal Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref>