Editing Edgerton, Wisconsin

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'''Edgerton''' is a city in [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock]] and [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Wisconsin]]. The population was 5,945 at the 2020 census, of which 5,799 were in Rock County and 146 were in Dane County.<ref name="2020-census-5522575" /> Edgerton was historically known as "Tobacco City U.S.A." because of the importance of [[tobacco]] growing in the region.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Edgerton-Wisconsin.html|title=Term: Edgerton, Wisconsin|publisher= City-Data.com |access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref>

==History==
Originally called '''Fulton Station''', Edgerton was named after 19th-century businessman [[Elisha W. Edgerton]],<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=3477&search_term=edgerton Edgerton (Origin of Placename)]</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n113 114]}}</ref> or his brother [[Benjamin Hyde Edgerton]], a civil engineer.<ref>'Wisconsin Magazine of History,' vol. 4, Wisconsin Historical Society; 1921, Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Hyde Edgerton, pg. 354-357</ref>

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Edgerton was the center of the tobacco industry in southern Wisconsin. At one time, there were as many as 52 tobacco [[warehouse]]s dotting the streets of the city.<ref>Barry Adams, "http://host.madison.com/news/local/on-wisconsin-historic-tobacco-buildings-could-help-revitalize-downtown-edgerton/article_8e4dc4a8-3251-11e1-8fd2-001871e3ce6c.html[ On Wisconsin: Historic tobacco buildings could help revitalize downtown Edgerton]", ''Wisconsin State Journal'', January 3, 2012. Accessed February 16, 2014.</ref> [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne style]] mansions along Edgerton's Washington Street testify to the [[wealth]] and prominence some merchants once had. The 1890s Carlton Hotel, once located on Henry Street, also once served as an additional reminder of the tobacco industry's influence. Although built by a [[brewery|brewing firm]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Scarborough|first=Mark Wilson|title=Edgerton|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|page=29|isbn=9781467110747|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-PJYAgAAQBAJ&q=Carlton+Hotel&pg=PA7}}</ref> the hotel (which burned to the ground in the 1990s) was frequented by tobacco buyers and sellers.
[[Image:Dickinson Tobacco Warehouse.JPG|thumb|none|250px|Tobacco warehouse in Edgerton]]

===Edgerton Bible case===
In 1886, Catholic parents in Edgerton protested the reading of the [[Authorized King James Version|King James Bible]] in the village schools because they considered the [[Douay-Rheims Bible|Douay]] version the correct translation. The school board argued that Catholic children could ignore the Bible readings or sit in the cloakroom while the rest of the children listened to the reading of a Protestant version of the Bible. Because the school board refused to change its policy, several families brought suit on the grounds that the schools' practice conflicted with the Wisconsin Constitution, which forbade sectarian instruction in public schools.<ref>{{cite book|last=Andersen|first=Arlow William|title=Rough Road to Glory: The Norwegian-American Press Speaks Out on Public Affairs, 1875 to 1925|date=1990|publisher=Balch Institute Press|page=36|isbn=9780944190029|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cemP7pfYDxsC&q=Edgerton++&pg=PA36}}</ref>

The circuit court rejected their argument, deciding in 1888 that the readings were not sectarian because both translations were of the same work. The parents appealed their case to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which overruled the circuit court on March 18, 1890, concluding that reading the Bible did—in fact—constitute sectarian instruction and thus illegally united the functions of church and state.<ref>{{cite book|last=Central Conference of American Rabbis|title=Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Volume 21|date=1911|publisher=Central Conference of American Rabbis|page=81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T-sLAAAAIAAJ&q=Edgerton+Wisconsin+Supreme+Court%2C+which+on+March+18%2C+1890&pg=PA81}}</ref>

Seventy years later, when the U.S. Supreme Court banned prayer from the public schools in 1963, the [[Edgerton Bible Case|Edgerton Bible case]] was one of the precedents cited by Justice [[William J. Brennan, Jr.|William Brennan]].<ref>Source: Geiger, John O. "The Edgerton Bible Case: Humphrey Desmond's Political Education of Wisconsin Catholics," ''Journal of Church and State'', vol. 20. no. 1 (1978): 13-27; U.S. Reports 374 U.S. 203, pp. 282 & 292.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=10403&search_term=bible|title=Term: Term: Edgerton Bible Case|publisher= Wisconsin Historical Society |access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|4.14|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 25, 2012 }}</ref> None of the area is covered with water, except for Saunders Creek, although the city is within a five-minute drive of [[Lake Koshkonong]].
Lake Koshkonong is the third largest lake in Wisconsin, and though very shallow, provides a place for water sports. Skiing, tubing, and fishing are common activities on the lake or the [[Rock River (Mississippi River)|Rock River]], which feeds it. The Rock River runs all the way to the Mississippi.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 869
|1890= 1595
|1900= 2192
|1910= 2513
|1920= 2688
|1930= 2906
|1940= 3266
|1950= 3507
|1960= 4000
|1970= 4118
|1980= 4335
|1990= 4254
|2000= 4933
|2010= 5461
|2020= 5945
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===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census|census of 2020]],<ref name="2020-census-5522575">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census: Edgerton city, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US5522575&y=2020&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29 |website=data.census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=July 27, 2022}}</ref> the population was 5,945. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1,429.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 2,587 housing units at an average density of {{convert|622.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 90.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.9% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.6% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 5.5% from two or more races. Ethnically, the population was 5.7% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 18, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 5,461 people, 2,227 households, and 1,426 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1319.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 2,410 housing units at an average density of {{convert|582.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.9% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.8% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.1% of the population.

There were 2,227 households, of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.0% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.01.

The median age in the city was 35.7 years. 26% of residents were under the age of 18; 7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.4% were from 25 to 44; 24.8% were from 45 to 64, and 12.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.8% male and 51.2% female.

==Arts and culture==

===Annual cultural events===
Because Edgerton was once the center of the tobacco growing region in Wisconsin, the community's annual celebration is called Tobacco Days. The community celebration includes live music, food, family entertainment, a craft fair, an open-air market, living history events and demonstrations, tobacco demonstrations, citywide rummage sales, a men's slow pitch softball tournament, book sales, a parade, and a car show.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.edgertonchamber.org/calendar.htm|title= Community Events 2013|publisher=Edgerton Chamber of Commerce|access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Mark Wilson Scarboroug 2014 9">{{cite book|last=Mark Wilson Scarboroug|title=Edgerton|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|page=9|isbn=9781467110747|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-PJYAgAAQBAJ&q=Tobacco+Days+festival+edgerton+wi&pg=PA9}}</ref>

The Sterling North Book and Film Festival, which takes place annually the last weekend in September, brings together authors and filmmakers with the community.<ref name="Mark Wilson Scarboroug 2014 9"/><ref>{{cite web | title = Sterling North Book and Film Festival website | url = http://www.sterlingnorthbookfestival.com/ | access-date = July 29, 2013 }}</ref>

===Tourism===
The Sterling North Home and Museum is the childhood home of authors [[Sterling North]] and [[Jessica Nelson North|Jessica Nelson North MacDonald]].<ref name="Holden 2011 369">{{cite book|last=Holden|first=Greg|title=The Booklover's Guide to the Midwest: A Literary Tour|date=2011|publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com|page=369|isbn=9781459618312|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkKjm5n8sjwC&q=Jessica+Nelson+North+museum+edgerton+wi&pg=PA369}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/localhistory/directory/viewsociety.asp?id=213|title= STERLING NORTH SOCIETY, LTD. (CPL)|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.travelwisconsin.com/history-heritage/sterling-north-home-museum-199124|title= Sterling North Home & Museum|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref> North's most famous book, ''[[Rascal (book)|Rascal]]'', was set in Edgerton and he used the town as the setting for several of his books, referring to it as "Brailsford Junction".<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/2010/12/north.htm|title= Sterling North, Wisconsin storyteller|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref>

The Pomeroy and Pelton Tobacco Warehouse, known as the T. W. Dickinson & Son Tobacco Warehouse after it was purchased by Weetman Dickinson, is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Rock/state3.html|title=WISCONSIN - Rock County|publisher= National Register of Historic Places|access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ahi/detailrecord.asp|title=Pomeroy and Pelton Tobacco Warehouse|publisher=Wisconsin Architecture & History Inventory|access-date=July 5, 2009}}</ref> It is the oldest free-standing brick warehouse in Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC62F1X_tobacco-city-u-s-a?guid=69cd6bd8-5d7e-41e3-a236-f87ed4479be0|title=Tobacco City U.S.A.|last=Geocaching|access-date=November 14, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

Edgerton is also known for its association with [[Pauline Jacobus]]. Jacobus and her husband, [[Oscar Jacobus]], were responsible for the first artistic [[pottery]] created in [[Chicago]] in the mid-1880s. By 1888, the couple had moved their business to Edgerton. Although Oscar's death and an [[economic depression]] disrupted the business in the 1890s, Pauline Jacobus continued making pottery in Edgerton until a fire in the early 1900s that destroyed her rural Edgerton home, "The Bogart". Much admired and sought-after as an American art form, "Pauline Pottery" is recognized in antique and art galleries throughout the world.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://wisconsinobject.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/art-pottery-in-edgerton-history-and-resources/|title=Art Pottery in Edgerton: History and Resources|date=March 5, 2008 |publisher= Wisconsin Object|access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref> A [[log home|log cabin]] from the old Bogart site and the [[factory]] warehouse where Pauline Pottery was first made in Edgerton still survive.<ref name="Pauline Bogart Jacobus">{{cite web|url= http://www.wisconsinart.org/archives/artist/pauline-bogart-jacobus/profile-1745.aspx |title=Pauline Bogart Jacobus |publisher= Museum of Wisconsin Art|access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.wisconsinpottery.org/Pauline/index.htm|title=Pauline Pottery|publisher= Wisconsin Pottery |access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref>

==Notable people==
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* [[Rich Bickle]], [[NASCAR]] driver<ref>{{cite web|url= http://racing-reference.info/driver/Rich_Bickle|title=Rich Bickle|publisher= Racing-Reference.com|access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref>
* [[David Blanchard]], former Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly<ref>{{cite book|last=Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate|title=Journal of Proceeding|date=1962|publisher=Legislative Reference Bureau|page=142|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hYfOAAAAMAAJ&q=David+Blanchard+edgerton+wi&pg=RA1-PA142}}</ref>
* [[George W. Blanchard]], former U.S. Representative<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000537 |title= BLANCHARD, George Washington, (1884 - 1964)|publisher=Biographocal Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Burrows Burdick]], former Wisconsin State Representative<ref>''Wisconsin Blue Book 1866'',  p. 98</ref>
* [[Derek Carrier]], NFL player for Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers
* [[Harland E. Everson]], former Wisconsin State Representative<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2833&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=People|title=Term: Everson, Harland E. 1917|publisher= Wisconsin Historical Society|access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Abner S. Flagg]], Wisconsin State Representative<ref>Henry Casson (ed.). ''[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=goto&id=WI.WIBlueBk1897&page=693&isize=L The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin]''. Milwaukee: Henry Gugler Company, 1897, pp. 693-694.</ref>
* [[Ryan T. Fox|Ryan Fox]], US National Rower<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/RyanFox.aspx
 |title=Ryan Fox
 |publisher=USRowing
 |access-date=February 13, 2014
|url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203221209/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/RyanFox.aspx
 |archive-date=December 3, 2013
}}</ref>
* [[Alva Garey]], former Wisconsin State Senator<ref>{{cite book|last=Legislative Reference Bureau|title=Wisconsin Blue Book, 192|date=1923|publisher=Legislative Reference Bureau|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_LsJWAAAAYAAJ/page/n639 610]|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_LsJWAAAAYAAJ|quote=Alva Garey edgerton wi.}}</ref>
* [[Lewis E. Gettle]], former Wisconsin State Representative and lawyer<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1911,' Biographical Sketch of Louis E. Gettle, pg. 770</ref>
* [[Edward Grassman]], former Wisconsin State Representative<ref>{{cite book|last=Wisconsin. Legislature. Legislative Council|title=Report of the Wisconsin Legislative Council, Volume 3, Part 1|date=1950|publisher=Legislative Reference Bureau|page=iv|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IANNAQAAIAAJ&q=Edward+Grassman+edgerton+wi&pg=PR4}}</ref>
* [[Pauline Jacobus]], pottery artisan<ref name="Pauline Bogart Jacobus"/>
* [[Jimmy Johnson (quarterback)|Jimmy Johnson]], member of the [[College Football Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite book|last=LaTourette|first=Larry LaTourette|title=Northwestern Wildcat Football|date=2005|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|page=16|isbn=9780738534336|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z-zuPpvEMFAC&q=Jimmy+Johnson+edgerton+wi&pg=PA16}}</ref>
* [[Simon Lord]], former Wisconsin State Senator<ref>{{cite book|last=David Atwood, State Printer|title=Blue Book for the State of Wisconsin, Volume 22|date=1883|publisher=David Atwood, State Printer|page=478|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HXjAAAAMAAJ&q=Simon+Lord+edgerton+wi&pg=PA478}}</ref>
* [[John T. Manske]], former Wisconsin State Representative<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2047&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=people&letter=M|title=Manske, John T. 1952|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|access-date=December 17, 2011|archive-date=October 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016165020/https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2047&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=people&letter=M|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Janet Soergel Mielke]], former Wisconsin State Representative<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1973,' Biographical Sketch of Janet Soergel Mielke, pg. 53</ref>
* [[Jessica Nelson North]], author<ref name="Holden 2011 369"/>
* [[Sterling North]], author<ref name="Holden 2011 369"/>
* [[Arielle North Olson]], author<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mvlsun.com/article.php?viewID=3446|title=Children's book author recognized for work|work= The Sun|date=September 9, 2008 |access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Tom Pratt (American football)|Tom Pratt]], American football coach<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/11457000/ |title=Pratt, Native of Edgerton, Is Chiefs' Defensive Coach |work=Janesville Daily Gazette |date=October 18, 1966 |access-date=February 9, 2016 |author=Pett, R. M. |pages=12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209232124/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/11457000/ |archive-date=February 9, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/prat01200coach.html | title=TOM PRATT | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=February 9, 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215203451/http://www.profootballarchives.com/prat01200coach.html | archive-date=February 15, 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Stanley Slagg]], Wisconsin State Representative and lawyer<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1929,' Biographical Sketch of Stanley Slagg, pg. 572</ref>
* [[Steve Stricker]], [[PGA Tour]] golfer<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/2012-06/gwar-steve-stricker-my-town|title=Golf Digest|publisher= My Town: Steve Stricker's Madiso|access-date= February 13, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Debi Towns]], Wisconsin State Representative<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 2003-2004, Biographical Sketch of Debi Towns, pg. 49</ref>
* [[Lawrence C. Whittet]], Wisconsin State Representative<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1917, Biographical Sketch of Lawrence C. Whittet, pg. 548-549</ref>
* [[Rollie Williams]], [[NFL]] player<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WILLIROL01
 |title=Rollie Williams
 |publisher=databaseFootball.com
 |access-date=February 13, 2014
|url-status=usurped
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222204310/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WILLIROL01
 |archive-date=February 22, 2014
}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Edgerton, Wisconsin}} <!-- for current and future use if material is uploaded -->
* [http://www.cityofedgerton.com City of Edgerton]
* Sanborn fire insurance maps: [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/4805 1884] [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/4789 1886] [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/4793 1891] [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/4797 1898] [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/4802 1904] [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/4811 1909] [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/4819 1920]

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