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Delafield- a place in the town of Nemahbin in Milwaukee country where the U.S. road crosses Bark river. It has a grist & saw mill, a tavern, P.O. store, mechanics shops, &c.

Delavan, a town in Walworth county embracing the surveyed township number two in range number sixteen. Its population in 1838 was 221; in 1840-it was 154 in 1842 289. It embraces Turtle Lake, one of the principal sources of Turtle Creek; and is about equally divided between timber and prairie land, the prairie occupying the northern portion.

Delavan, a post town in Delavan township Walworth County.

Delaware, a small town on the north side of Como Lake in Walworth County.

Dells- a place on the Wisconsin river above the Winnebago Portage where that stream runs between for three miles between perpendicular bluffs of rock about three hundred feet in height and only forty feet across. It is said that the gorge is so narrow at the top in some places that one may

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