Kilbourntown

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Kilbourntown was one of the original rival settlements that later combined with others to form the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf former village
historic settlement
coordinateWith Juneautown
Walker's Point
country United States
foundedBy Byron Kilbourn
founderOccupation canal promoter
land speculator
hasCharacteristic commercially oriented settlement
platted with misaligned street grid relative to Juneautown
separated from Juneautown by Milwaukee River
hasEconomicActivity early trade and commerce
hasHeritageDesignation historic area of Milwaukee (informal)
hasPartOf west side of Milwaukee River
hasTransportationRelation near early Milwaukee harbor
historyEvent rivalry with Juneautown
rivalry with Walker's Point
inception 1830s
inceptionApproximateYear 1835
locatedIn Milwaukee
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Wisconsin
locatedInTime 19th century
pre-statehood Wisconsin Territory
locatedOn Milwaukee River
mergedInto Milwaukee
mergerDate 1846
namedAfter Byron Kilbourn
partOf Milwaukee metropolitan area (historical core)
origins of Milwaukee
presentDayLocation downtown Milwaukee west of the Milwaukee River

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Juneautown
adjacentTo
Milwaukee
formedByMergerOf

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