Brothertown, Wisconsin
civil town in Calumet County, Wisconsin
Brothertown is a town in Calumet County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,328 at the 2020 census, slightly down from 1,329 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Brothertown, Charlesburg, Eckers Lakeland, Jericho, and Maple Heights are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Calumetville is also located partially in the town.
History
The town was inhabited by the Brothertown Indians, who moved there from the state of New York from 1831 to 1836. The town was created on March 21, 1843, as "Manchester". There is also record of this town being referred to by name in the early 1850s as Pequot The post office there in 1841 (when the area was still Wisconsin Territory) was called Pequot, and the Pequot post office name still appeared in the 1862 issue of the Wisconsin Blue Book; and "Sequoit". It was renamed "Brothertown" on May 4/May 5, 1857.
Geography
The town occupies the southwest corner of Calumet County, with the western 1/3 of the town in Lake Winnebago. The town is bordered by Winnebago County to the west and Fond du Lac County to the south.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q372649. Authority coordinates are 43.968, -88.309. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2020, 2010, 1831 and 1836.
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