Lancaster, Wisconsin

Lancaster is a city in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.. As of the 2010 census, 3.868 people lived there. Lancaster is the county seat of Grant County.

History
Major G.M. Price laid out the town in 1837. He was asked to name it Lancaster by a relative who came from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Lancaster was the home of the first governor of Wisconsin, Nelson Dewey.

Geography
Lancaster is located in the unglaciated "Driftless Area" of southwest Wisconsin. Its topography is very different from that of the rest of the state.

The city has a total area of 3.04 sqmi. All of it is land.

Notable people

 * George Barnett - Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
 * Lisle Blackbourn - NFL head coach
 * William Simon U'Ren - Oregon politician

Other websites

 * City of Lancaster official website