British Hollow, Wisconsin | |
|---|---|
  British Hollow  British Hollow | |
| Coordinates:42°42′21″N90°41′12″W / 42.70583°N 90.68667°W /42.70583; -90.68667 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Wisconsin |
| County | Grant |
| Town | Potosi |
| Elevation | 251 m (823 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 608 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1562221[1] |
British Hollow is anunincorporated community originally located in the northeastern corner of theTown ofPotosi,Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]
The first white residents were Terence Coyle and his family, who built a cabin there and were in permanent occupancy by the spring of 1832. In 1836, when Grant County was organized, it was made a separateprecinct from the rest of Potosi, and namedPleasant Valley, a name which it still held at the time of the passage of the original (1848)Constitution of Wisconsin. It is unclear where the name "British Hollow" came from; it may have been to distinguish this settlement from the nearbyDutch Hollow, whose inhabitants were primarilyGermans in origin.
At one time British Hollow (sometimes shortened toBritish) (which by 1848 also included most ofHarrison, Grant County, Wisconsin and the north half ofParis, Grant County, Wisconsin townships) had several stores, a brewery (which went out of business about 1885), and ahotel. The old "precinct" was abolished by 1860; and by 1900, British Hollow had declined to one store (with post office), one church, one school, and three saloons.[2]
