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2. Belgium, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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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 2010 census . Beginning in the 1840s, immigrant farmers from Luxembourg settled in Northern Ozaukee County and formed several rural ...

3. Belgium (town), Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Harrington Beach State Park - Wikipedia

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   Harrington Beach State Park is a 715-acre (289 ha) Wisconsin state park [1] on the shore of Lake Michigan in the Town of Belgium. In addition to a mile-long beach, the park contains a white cedar swamp surrounding a 26-acre (11 ha) lake that used to be a stone quarry. The park provides campgrounds, hiking trails, picnic, and bird watch areas.

5. Holy Cross, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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   UTC-5 (CDT) Area code. 262. GNIS feature ID. 1566584 [1] Holy Cross is an unincorporated community located in the town of Belgium in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. [2] [3] Holy Cross is located just east of Fredonia and southwest of Belgium . Holy Cross, like nearby Dacada, was settled by immigrants from Luxembourg in the 1840s and ...

6. Namur Historic District - Wikipedia

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   Namur Historic District. /  44.73417°N 87.66639°W  / 44.73417; -87.66639. 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.

7. Belgian immigrants in Wisconsin during the Civil War - Wikipedia

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   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.