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Wisconsin and Michigan have the United States's largest Belgian American settlement, located in portions of Brown, Kewaunee and Door counties adjacent to Green Bay. In 1994 a historical marker was dedicated at Namur, Wisconsin, denoting the surrounding area on the National Register of Historic Places. Walloon-speaking Belgians settled in the ...
Belgian-American culture in Wisconsin. Belgium portal. This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Belgian Americans in Wisconsin .
The Namur Historic District, also known as the Namur Belgian-American District, is a historic district in southwestern Door County, Wisconsin. [3] The district includes the community of Namur and a rural landscape extending 3 miles (4.8 km) to its north. It contains one of the nation's highest concentrations of immigrant Belgian and Belgian ...
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.
Brussels, Wisconsin. / 44.73167°N 87.57917°W / 44.73167; -87.57917. Brussels is a town in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,136 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Brussels, Misere, and Kolberg are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Rosiere is also located partially in the ...
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 2010 census . Beginning in the 1840s, immigrant farmers from Luxembourg settled in Northern Ozaukee County and formed several rural ...
Wisconsin Walloon is a dialect of the Walloon language descendant from central Walloon. It is spoken in the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin, United States. [1] The speakers of Wisconsin Walloon are descendants of the Belgian immigrants that came from the wave of immigration lasting from 1853–1857 that was recorded to have brought around 2,000 ...
Green Bay ( / ɡrin ˈbeɪ / green BAY) [1] is a town in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 2,035 at the 2010 census. [2] The town is located several miles northeast of the city of Green Bay. The unincorporated community of Champion is located in the town, and the unincorporated communities of Dyckesville and New ...