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History of Door County, Wisconsin
by Charles I. Martin - 1881


           [56]

                          BRUSSELS - FIFTH ORGANIZED TOWN

             The greater portion of the po ulation of the town of
	   Brussels is of Belgian nativity or birth, and by their request
	   the town was called "Brussels" - the same name as the city
           which is the Capital of Belgium.
             At the February meeting of the County Board, 1858, Brussels
	   was set off as a township, and the Board resolved that the
	   town should be organized by holding a town election the first
	   Tuesday in April, 1858, at the house of J. B. SMITH, Sugar
	   Creek. The town records show, however, that Brussels was not
	   organized until 1859; the election being held at the store of
	   MICHAEL SMITH, Sugar Creek. At the time Brussels was made
	   a town. it covered the territory now divided into the three
	   towns of Brussels, Union, and Gardner. To-day Brussels is
	   one of the best towns in the county. has excellent roads, and
           in every direction stretch large and well improved farms.

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