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Wisconsin Polish Pioneers

The Polish experience in Wisconsin was different than other in other communities in the U.S.: most came before 1890 and almost all were from areas ruled by Germany. The first sizable Polish settlement in Wisconsin was Polonia in Portage County in the 1850s. In 1900, 80 percent of Wisconsin's Poles came from Germany while nationally, German Poles constituted only 39 percent of the population. Mi...