Turtle Lake, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Richmond is a town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 1,901. The unincorporated communities of Lake Lorraine, Richmond, and Turtle Lake are located in the town.

Heart Prairie Lutheran Church of Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States, was a historic church organized in 1844 by pioneer Lutheran minister, Claus Lauritz Clausen.Before the church was built, services were held under oak trees, in the Lyman School, and in log cabins. One of those early log cabins, owned by Gundar Halvorsen, now sits on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. The Norwegian pioneers began hauling brick by oxcart to build the present church, which was completed between 1855 and 1857. About this time the congregation joined with congregations at Whitewater, Palmyra and Sugar Creek to call the same Lutheran pastor.During the later 19th century the congregation grew to over 100 members. After 1880 an organist played a reed pump organ that led the congregational hymns. The Norwegian language was used in the church until 1902. It was only then that the English language was introduced into the services, but not used exclusively until 1920. During the early 1900s membership began declining as a result of families moving out of the Heart Prairie area. Finally in 1948, because of dwindling membership, the congregation merged with First English Lutheran Church of Whitewater.The church, which became known for its historical, architectural and religious features, is included on the National Register of Historic Places. Historically this church may be the oldest Norwegian Lutheran Church in America still being used in its original state. Architecturally the church is a lasting example of pioneer building. Brick was used not only to build walls, but also to supply ornamental and decorative details.

Whitewater Lake is located in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. Whitewater Lake is associated through a flow with Rice Lake. Fish found in the lake include northern pike, largemouth bass, walleye, and blue gill. In the winter the lake is strewn with ice shanties when fisherman compete in the Lions Annual February "Fish-A-Ree". Because of its location near Kettle Moraine State Forest and Natureland County Park, the area is known for biking (on-road and off-road), golf, hiking, camping, hang gliding, cross-country skiing, water skiing, swimming, fishing, and boating. Native Americans once referred to Whitewater as "Minneiska", now the name of the local Minneiska Ski Team. Heart Prairie Lutheran Church and Cemetery, a 150-year-old pioneer Norwegian church, sits on the shores of the lake. The church, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, is still in its original state and continues to hold summer services by oil lamp. A smaller Whitewater Lake, a Bass Lake, a Round Lake, and a pre-glacial valley preceded the current Whitewater Lake in the same location. These lakes and the valley were impounded in 1946-47 to create the current lake. An attempt had been made to do the same in 1927, but legal action forced removal of impounding gates.Major features of the lake include a length of 2.6 miles, a width of 0.6 miles, a shoreline length of 10.0 miles, a north bay, a south bay, and a central peninsula, a long ridge of gravel and other sediment called an esker, 1.3 miles long, extending from the north of the lake, and topped by Ridge Road.Whitewater Lake has its major streamflow into the lake from Whitewater Lake inlet at the south end of the lake, in the south bay, where there are several springs. Inflow to the lake from this inlet is fifteen percent of the lake inflow. Fifty-seven percent more of the lake inflow is from ground water in the ground adjacent the lake. Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.) accounts for twenty-six percent more of lake inflow. Near-lake drainage of two percent completes the inflow. The lake dam is concrete, about 10 feet wide, and when water crests the dam, it flows into Whitewater Creek, which drains into Rice Lake to the north and west.Starting from the north and moving clockwise, the following are on the shoreline or extend to the shoreline. Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit protects wooded shoreline and extends north into a camping area and a portion of the Ice Age Trail for hiking. Camp Joy to the east of the Park's reach to the shore is a Baptist summer camp and conference center. South of the peninsula, Scenic Ridge Campground provides camping, a camp store, and hosts summer performances of the Minnieska Ski Team. Nearby the Campground is Heart Prairie Church, see above. Natureland Park, a Walworth County park, is at the southwest corner of the lake, at the lake inlet, with the springs, a picnic area, pavilion, cabin, and hiking. The Whitewater Lions Club is west of Scenic Ridge. JNT's Parkside Marina is adjacent a State Park boat ramp and public beach, completing the circle of the lake.Boating on the lake is regulated by the Town of Whitewater, with slow-no-wake areas and time-of-day speed restrictions. The area is also managed by the Whitewater-Rice Lakes Management District, which concerns itself with lake water quality and management. The Greater Whitewater Lake Property Owners Association, which represents property owners, holds events and provides area information.

Lake Lorraine is a census-designated place in the town of Richmond, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 338 as of the 2020 census.

Millard (also Barkers Corners) is an unincorporated community located in the town of Sugar Creek, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States.

Whitewater is a town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,433 at the 2020 census.

WFAQ-LP (101.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Mukwonago, Wisconsin, United States. The station is currently owned by Kettle Moraine Community Radio, Inc.The station features the tagline “The Nation’s Music Source” with programming that is continuous, minimally-interrupted music and occasional DJs. It banks on its vast library (over 100k titles) of independent and local artists and bands collected over 3 decades. The station also features the locally produced Deke Marler “Musictime USNA” program, and in the past, “The Sara Schultz Show”; a politically progressive, Wisconsin-only radio talk show (Sundays 8AM-10AM). They also feature the Suspense radio theatre program, Sundays 8PM-8:30PM. On November 16, 2014, the station began streaming audio and can be found on the Shoutcast server. On March 31, 2015, the station changed its broadcasting frequency from 92.9 MHz to 101.3 MHz due to conflicting interference from other stations, notably KATF (92.9 FM, Dubuque, IA). This change was approved by the FCC.

Sugar Creek is a town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,902 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Millard and Tibbets are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Abells Corners is also located partially in the town.

The Israel Stowell Temperance House was built as an alcohol-free tavern starting in 1840 in the temperance colony of Delavan, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.Delavan was founded in 1836 as a temperance colony by Samuel and Henry Phoenix, reformers who came out of the revivals of the 1820s in the burned-over district of western New York. The brothers were reform-minded Baptists, against slavery and against alcohol, and in the wilds of Wisconsin they planned to start a new community free of these evils. North of Delavan Lake they found their site and on trees there Samuel painted the words "Temperance Colony." They recruited like-minded colonists from back east, and wrote prohibitions against alcohol into the deeds to the land that they sold. In 1839 they started a Baptist church in Delavan true to their values.In 1840 the Phoenixes heard about six "temperance houses" - taverns which operated without alcohol - around southeast Wisconsin. They decided that the community of Delvan should have one. They arranged with Israel Stowell to build and operate such a house. Stowell was another immigrant from New York - 27 years old. The Phoenixes provided lumber from their sawmill and some materials. In return, Stowell would operate the inn free of alcohol.Stowell built the original, central part of the building in the spring of 1840 - a side-gabled saltbox shape; i.e. with two stories exposed in front and one in back. The front door is in Greek Revival style, framed by a heavy molded lintel supported by pilasters. Windows were multi-pane, twelve over eight, and the originals survive in the upstairs of the central section. The framework is hewed oak and walnut beams, connected with mortise and tenon. Inside downstairs is a central staircase with two rooms on either side. The oldest walls are plaster over oak split-lath. Soon after the original construction, Stowell extended the building east three bays, continuing the same design and post and beam construction techniques. Later it was extended another ten feet east, but that section is balloon-framed.True to the agreement, Stowell had the house ready for business in June. It was a community meeting place, with the first town meeting held there in 1842. It was also a haven for outsiders passing on the road west from Racine.But the temperance colony did not survive. The Phoenix brothers died in the early 1840s. When Stowell left the tavern in the mid 1840s, it was taken over by other innkeepers. In the late 1840s a Mr. Harkness began serving alcohol there. Newer hotels were built in Delavan, and began taking business from the old temperance house.In 1854 Eliphas Gates bought the building, expanded it, and converted it into three homes for his three children. The bay window was added to the center section later in the 19th century. Around the turn of the century the Victorian addition was added to the west end. Gates descendants lived there for 120 years.The building has been featured in USA Today.

The A. H. Allyn House is a historic house located at 511 East Walworth Avenue in Delavan, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Tibbets (also Kendalls Corner, Tibbet, or Tibbits) is an unincorporated community located in the town of Sugar Creek, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The Sugar Creek Town Hall is in the community.

The Delavan Post Office is located in Delavan, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.It is located on Delavan's Vitrified Brick Street. It is a two-story building which has six brick pilasters with Tuscan capitals dividing its front facade into five bays, overlooking wide granite steps. It has a carved, stone architrave wrapping around the building, beneath a brick frieze and denticulated cornice.Its interior includes a mural painted in 1984 by Rosemary Roth showing scenes from Delavan's history.