Editing Waupun, Wisconsin (section)

===Founding===
Waupun was founded in 1839 by [[Seymour Wilcox]], the first settler along the Rock River in what was then deciduous forested land. Wilcox chose the land on recommendation of John Bannister, the first surveyor of Fond du Lac County, who reported to the government office in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] that "the Rock River Valley was the most beautiful and fertile he had ever seen."<ref name=":0">''The First Hundred Years: A History of Waupun, 1839-1939''. Scott, Edith Moul, 1939.</ref> Wilcox surveyed the land himself in late fall of 1838, returning to Green Bay for the winter. In February 1839 he returned to the plot he laid out accompanied by two men, John N. Ackerman and Hiram Walker, who were interested in the powerful river and fertile land. They quickly nailed together a shanty to four bur oaks and began building a suitable cabin for the Wilcox homestead. Leaving Ackerman and Walker to finish, Wilcox returned to Green Bay to bring his family to their new home. They reached Waupun on March 20, 1839.<ref>''The Early History of Waupun''. Hermann, Agnes E., 1916.</ref>

Waupun comes from the Ojibwe word "Waubun" which means "the east," "the morning," "the twilight of dawn" and "dawn of day."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://parkrapids.com/neighborhoods/waubun.htm|work=Tamarac National Wildlife Rescue|publisher=Park Rapids Chamber|access-date=23 March 2014|title=Waubun Minnesota Vacation Destination}}</ref> Waupun was originally supposed to be named "Waubun" but the state of Wisconsin made a spelling error, and Waupun never bothered to change it.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} An adjacent town with the same name was changed along with the village.