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Website. www .mineralpoint .net. Mineral Point is a city in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,581 at the 2020 census. The city is located within the Town of Mineral Point. Mineral Point is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area . Mineral Point was settled in 1827, becoming a lead and zinc mining center, and ...
Mineral Point is a town in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,033 at the 2010 census. The population was 1,033 at the 2010 census. The City of Mineral Point is located within the town.
71000038 [1] Added to NRHP. January 25, 1971. Pendarvis is a historic site located in Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The site, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is made up of several 19th century stone and timber cabins built by Cornish immigrants who came to Mineral Point to mine lead and zinc.
The Mineral Point Railroad's original main line ran 32.29 miles (51.97 km) north–south from Warren, Illinois, to Mineral Point, Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Road's branch to Shullsburg, Wisconsin , completed in 1881, [11] bisected the line at Gratiot, Wisconsin , and the connection to the Illinois Central at Warren gradually lessened in importance.
Cheese Country Trail. The Cheese Country Trail is a 47-mile (76 km) multi-use rail trail in south central Wisconsin . The trail stretches from Monroe to Mineral Point, connecting Browntown, South Wayne, Gratiot, Darlington, and Calamine. The trail is used with ATVs, bicycles, horses, snowmobiles, and hikers .
Mineral Point Hill is a hill and former mining site in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, bounded by Wisconsin Highway 23, Shake Rag Street, Copper Street, and Dodge Street. It is the site of the 1825 discovery of lead ore in Mineral Point, which drew settlers to the region over the next decade.
Walker House (Mineral Point, Wisconsin) Coordinates: 42.8590°N 90.1760°W. The Walker House is an inn and restaurant in Mineral Point, in Iowa County, Wisconsin. It is one of the oldest inns in the state.
Fort Defiance (Wisconsin) Coordinates: 42°47.783′N 90°07.773′W. Fort Defiance was one of the last garrisoned stockade forts constructed in territorial Wisconsin. It was located approximately five miles southeast of Mineral Point, Wisconsin. [1] It was located in the booming lead mining region in an area of early settlement.