Trenton is a town in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,525 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Myra and Keowns are located within the town.
St. Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery was founded by a community of immigrants from Bavaria in 1856. Sermons were in German into the 1940s. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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West Bend is a city in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,752. It is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.
Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin
…settlers were German immigrant farmers. Dairy farming has been the main economic activity for much of the town's history, and the Wallau Dairy Company of West Bend operated a large cheese factory on the town's west side in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Town of Trenton was incorporated on March 11, 1848…
Aerial view of downtown
The old Washington County Courthouse and Jail was constructed in West Bend in 1889. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and now serves as a local history museum.
Amity Leather Products manufactured leather billfolds in West Bend between 1915 and 1996. The company constructed an Art Deco factory in the city in 1925, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.