Editing Denmark, Wisconsin (section)

===Turn of the 20th century===
In 1906, the [[Chicago & Northwestern]] railroad was built through the village.<ref name=rr>{{cite news |last=Nelson |first=Karen |date=June 11, 2015 |title=Railway Connects Denmark to the World |newspaper=The Denmark News |location=Denmark, Wisconsin }}</ref> The depot was built in the downtown area. The railroad was originally planned to travel through [[Cooperstown, Wisconsin]], rather than Denmark, but railroad officials decided against this plan.<ref name=denmark/>

On June 15, 1915, the town of Denmark held a special election of the issue of incorporation.<ref name=incorporation>{{cite news |title=Incorporation Plans Chronicled |newspaper=The Denmark News |location=Denmark, Wisconsin |date=June 11, 2015 }}</ref> The official vote tally was 109 in favor, and 26 against.<ref name=incorporation/> Later that year, the Denmark was officially incorporated into a village.

In 1915, the Kriwanek Brothers established a [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] dealership in the village, which was second oldest Ford dealership in the state of Wisconsin.<ref name=ford>{{cite news|date=July 3, 1974 |title=Our Denmark begins commercial boom after railroad arrives in 1904 |newspaper=The Denmark Press |location=Denmark, Wisconsin }}</ref>

On March 3, 1949, [[Denmark Bancshares|Denmark State Bank]] was robbed of $38,000 at gunpoint.<ref name=robbery>"Bank Robbery", ''The Denmark News'', June 11, 2015, pg. 7</ref> This was the first bank robbery in [[Brown County, Wisconsin]].<ref name=robbery/> The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] became involved, and the perpetrators were caught over the next few weeks.<ref name=robbery/>