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Janesville

Origin of Janesville, Wisconsin

Janesville, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society
Dictionary of Wisconsin History.

Named after Henry F. Janes, who first surveyed the land in the spring of 1837.

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[Source: Ways's The Rock River Valley, p.376]