This plat map of Mequanigo is derived from the 1836 survey done by Ira Blood and Judge Martin Field to layout the future village. It is signed by Sewall Andrews and became a working document as Andrews recorded the land claims made by the settlers. The streets are essentially the same as they are today.
The spelling of Mukwonago was changed from the Potawatomi word for “Place of the Bear” in the 1840’s by the territorial legislature because the postal mail was getting mixed up with Mequon in Ozaukee County.
Andrews apparently continued to maintain the map for several decades as more lots were acquired. The back of the map has an 1854 notation by the land office in Milwaukee certifying that the map matched the one on file there.
This wonderful relic of Mukwonago’s earliest beginnings was donated by an Andrews descendant in the 1970’s and was professionally conserved in 2021 to assure its preservation.
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