Fort Howard, Wisconsin

Fort Howard was a city in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States. It was first incorporated as a "borough" of 664 acres on October 13, 1856. As the result of a referendum on the union of the two cities held on April 2, 1895, the city was entirely annexed to the City of Green Bay and ceased to exist.^[1]

The city took its name from nearby Fort Howard.^[2]

Mayors

Fort Howard had nine mayors in its 22 years as a city.^[3]

Order	Mayor	Entered office	Left office	Notes
1	James H. Elmore	1873	1874	Later elected mayor of Green Bay
2	David M. Burns	1874	1875	Lost re-election, later returned to office
3	George Richardson Sr.	1875	1879
4	Mose Newald	1879	1880
5	Christian Schwartz	1880	1881
6	Albert L. Gray	1881	1883	Later returned to office, also served in the State Assembly
7	David M. Burns	1883	1885
8	Albert L. Gray	1885	1889
9	Joseph H. Tayler	1889	1891	Later elected mayor of Green Bay, later went to prison for embezzlement
10	William H. Bartran Sr.	1891	1892	Also served in the State Assembly
11	William Larsen	1892	1895	Last mayor

References

^ History of Green Bay, Wisconsin in the 1890s
^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 73.
^ "Green Bay had 29 mayors in Eighty Years; Fort, nine". Green Bay Press-Gazette. July 18, 1934. Retrieved October 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] History of Green Bay, Wisconsin in the 1890s

[2] Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 73.

[3] "Green Bay had 29 mayors in Eighty Years; Fort, nine". Green Bay Press-Gazette. July 18, 1934. Retrieved October 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t e Green Bay metropolitan area, Wisconsin
Core city	Green Bay°
Largest municipalities over 10,000 in 2010	Allouez^‡ Ashwaubenon^‡ Bellevue^‡ De Pere° Howard^‡
Municipalities under 10,000 in 2010	Abrams* Abrams^§ Bay Settlement^† Denmark^‡ Dyckesville^§ Green Bay* Hobart^‡ Humboldt* Lawrence* Ledgeview* Little Suamico* Pittsfield* Pulaski^‡ Red River* Rockland* Scott* Suamico^‡ Wrightstown^‡^
Counties	Brown Kewaunee Oconto BOW counties
*town ^‡village °city ^§CDP ^†unincorporated community ^partial

v t e Municipalities and communities of Brown County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Green Bay
Cities	De Pere Green Bay
Villages	Allouez Ashwaubenon Bellevue Denmark Hobart Howard‡ Pulaski‡ Suamico Wrightstown‡
Towns	Eaton Glenmore Green Bay Holland Humboldt Lawrence Ledgeview Morrison New Denmark Pittsfield Rockland Scott Wrightstown
CDPs	Dyckesville‡ Greenleaf
Unincorporated communities	Anston Askeaton Bay Settlement Benderville Buckman Champion Chapel Ridge Coppens Corner Edgewater Beach Fontenoy Glenmore Henrysville Hollandtown Kolb Kunesh Langes Corners Lark Little Rapids Mill Center Morrison New Franken Pine Grove Pittsfield‡ Poland Red Banks Shirley Sniderville‡ Sugar Bush Wayside Wequiock
Indian reservation	Oneida Nation of Wisconsin‡
Ghost towns/ neighborhoods	Fort Howard Preble
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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