Sinsinawa (/ˌsɪnˈsɪnəwɑː/) is an unincorporated community in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2] The community is in the towns of Jamestown and Hazel Green, one mile north of the border with Illinois. The community is 7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) east of Dubuque, Iowa, and 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) west of the village of Hazel Green, Wisconsin. The town is best known for being the mother house of the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters.
Sinsinawa, Wisconsin | |
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 Sinsinawa | |
  Sinsinawa Location within the state of Wisconsin  Sinsinawa Sinsinawa (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 42°31′25″N 90°32′21″W / 42.52361°N 90.53917°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Wisconsin |
| County | Grant |
| Towns | Jamestown, Hazel Green |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 608 |
History
editThe community's name means either "rattlesnake" or "Home of the Young Eagle" in Sioux. The first white settler in the area was George Wallace Jones, who purchased land for a lead smelter in 1827. He soon sold the land to the Dominican priest Samuel Mazzuchelli, who subsequently built a men's college, Sinsinawa Mound College, in 1846. Mazzuchelli founded the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters in 1847. This religious order founded a women's college and high school in Sinsinawa in 1865.[3]
Sinsinawa Mound
editSinsinawa Mound is a cone-shaped hill in the area, from which the area gets its name. Sinsinawa River runs along the hill south towards the Mississippi River in Illinois.[4]
The Sinsinawa Mound raid of June 29, 1832, part of the Black Hawk War, took place near Sinsinawa Mound. In August 2007 there was a commemoration of the 175th anniversary on the war.
Notes
edit- ^ "Sinsinawa, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Sinsinawa, Wisconsin
- ^ Grant County, Wisconsin Visitor Information - Towns and Villages
- ^ "Sinsinawa Mound (Wisconsin)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
External links
edit- Sinsinawa, the word Sinsinawa and Sinsinawa Mound from the Dictionary of Wisconsin History, published by the Wisconsin State Historical Society