page_title: Cambridge, Wisconsin
section_title: 1900s–2000s
hierarchical_section_title: Cambridge, Wisconsin / History / 1900s–2000s
caption_attribution_description: English: Rowe Pottery, a staple of downtown Cambridge, Wisconsin.
context_page_description: Cambridge is a village in Dane and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,457 at the 2010 census. Of this, 1,348 were in Dane County, and 109 were in Jefferson County.
  The Dane County portion of Cambridge is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Jefferson County portion is part of the Watertown–Fort Atkinson Micropolitan Statistical Area.
context_section_description: The town was rebuilt by 1910, following the fire, and the invention of the automobile ignited tourism. Nearby Lake Ripley became a destination for many Chicago travelers.
  During the 1980s and 1990s, Cambridge was touted as the "salt glaze pottery capital of the world" because of the potteries located there.
caption: Rowe Pottery, a staple of downtown Cambridge, Wisconsin
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