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Belgium is a village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. Located along Interstate 43, the village is one of the northernmost communities in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 2,245 at the 2020 census . Beginning in the 1840s, immigrant farmers from Luxembourg settled in Northern Ozaukee County and formed several rural ...
Belgium is a town in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,513 at the 2000 census . The Village of Belgium is surrounded on all sides by the town, and the unincorporated communities of Decker , Holy Cross , Lake Church , and Sauk Trail Beach are located in the town, as is the ghost town of Stonehaven .
Northeast Wisconsin saw a huge influx of immigrants from Belgium in the mid-1800s. It began in 1852 when two Belgian families decided to make the move to America. They were unhappy with the Belgian monarchy, and sought what is now known as the "American dream." [ 1] Belgians then flooded Brown, Door, and Kewaunee counties.
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery, located in the village of Neuville-en-Condroz, near the southeast edge of Neupré, some 20 km (12 mi) south-west of Liège in Belgium. The cemetery, dedicated in 1960, contains 5,329 American war dead and covers 90.5 acres (36.6 ha).
Pleasant Ridge [ 2] Grant. 42°49′52″N 90°48′47″W. c. 1850. 1959. Settled by formerly enslaved African Americans in the 1850s, Pleasant Ridge was home to over 100 people, approximately half of whom were African Americans, through the early 20th century. The last resident died in 1959.
Belgian Americans are Americans who can trace their ancestry to people from Belgium who immigrated to the United States. While the first natives of the then-Southern Netherlands arrived in America in the 17th century, the majority of Belgian immigrants arrived during the 19th and 20th centuries .
Belgian-American culture in Wisconsin. Belgium portal. This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Belgian Americans in Wisconsin .
Stonehaven is a former community in the Town of Belgium, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. From 1901 until 1925, the community was a company town of the Lake Shore Stone Company, which operated a 25-acre dolomite quarry in the area near the western shore of Lake Michigan. The land is now the site of Harrington Beach State Park .