Lancaster, Wisconsin

Lancaster is a city in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States..  As of the 2020 census, 3,907 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 . 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

References

Other websites
 City of Lancaster official website

Category:Cities in Wisconsin
Category:Grant County, Wisconsin
Category:County seats in Wisconsin
Category:1837 establishments in Wisconsin Territory