Sinsinawa, Wisconsin | |
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| Coordinates:42°31′25″N90°32′21″W / 42.52361°N 90.53917°W /42.52361; -90.53917 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Wisconsin |
| County | Grant |
| Towns | Jamestown,Hazel Green |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 608 |
Sinsinawa (/ˌsɪnˈsɪnəwɑː/) is anunincorporated community inGrant County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2] The community is in the towns ofJamestown andHazel Green, one mile north of the border withIllinois. The community is7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) east ofDubuque, Iowa, and6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) west of the village ofHazel Green. The town is best known for being the mother house of theSinsinawa Dominican Sisters.
The community's name means either "rattlesnake" or "Home of the YoungEagle" inSioux. The first white settler in the area wasGeorge Wallace Jones, who purchased land for aleadsmelter in 1827. He soon sold the land to theDominican priestSamuel Mazzuchelli, who subsequently built a men's college,Sinsinawa Mound College, in 1846. Mazzuchelli founded the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters in 1847. This religious order founded a women's college and high school in Sinsinawa in 1865.[3]
Sinsinawa Mound is a cone-shaped hill in the area, from which the area gets its name. Sinsinawa River runs along the hill south towards theMississippi River inIllinois.[4]
TheSinsinawa Mound raid of June 29, 1832, part of theBlack Hawk War, took place near Sinsinawa Mound. In August 2007 there was a commemoration of the 175th anniversary on the war.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |