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Emergency
Call 911
Merton
Non-Emergency Numbers
Fire Dept.
262.538.2300
Sheriff Dept.
262.446.5070
Poison Center
800.815.8855
Ambulance
Billing Number
538-2305
Government
Links
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Waukesha
County
State
of Wisconsin
Village Board
Members
President
Bob Weber
Trustees
Bruce Blawat
Don Foley
Dave Merrell
Ron Reinowski |
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History
1840
Mr. William O'Dell had the only home built of logs in what is
today the Village of Merton. The main street was a dry-wash
gully and all the countryside was beautifully timbered with
hardwood trees. The Bark River was winding its way towards
the Rock River in much the same way it does today except there
wasn't a dam or millpond. Instead of busy resort areas like
today, our lake areas were still hidden jewels in deep forest.
1843
The Merton State Grade School was established in a log cabin
on a slab foundation with D.S. Foote as the teacher and owner of
the building. He taught any and all students whose parents
could afford to pay him to tutor.
1848
The District 6 Township of Warren, later named Merton, erected a
school. A white framed building was built on Huntington
Street. Later a brick building was placed on the site of the
present intermediate school. The school went from 100
students ranging from 5 to 20 years of age to today's enrollment
in the primary school (4k through 4th grade) with 478 and in the
intermediate school (5th through 8th grade) at 445. The
faculty consists of 78 teachers including specialty teachers.
The current administrator is Mark Flynn.
1922
The village was incorporated with a population of 257.
The first president was William West Brown. The board
consisted of two trustees, a clerk, treasurer, assessor and
constable and a justice of the peace. The village proper was
Main Street and a small section of Huntington Street then called
Pigtail Alley to the west. Today the village has a
population of 1964 residents with 10 subdivisions and three more
in the planning stage.
Currently the Village Board
consist of the following positions:
 | president
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| 4 trustees
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| clerk-treasurer
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| deputy clerk-treasurer
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| historian
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| maintenance department (one
full-time position, 5 part-time positions)
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| 3 school crossing guards
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| building inspection department
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| 7 member plan commission
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| 7 member election board
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| 5 member board of appeals |
1917
The fire department started with fifteen members and one
truck. Today the department has forty members. In 2003
the department will have their own ambulance to take care of all
emergency medical needs. The fire department was responsible
for the purchase of Fireman's Park off of Main Street where they
held carnival's in the 20's, 30's, 40's and early 50's. They
built the fire department and village hall on Sussex Road.
1930's
& 40's
Summer outdoor movies were shown from the lawn of Mayhew's Ice
Cream Parlor. (The house south of Bogey's Tavern.)
People would sit across the street on Bies Hill (house south of
the Clock Shop). In the early 50's, the crowd got to be too
large so they moved the free movies to the park.
1940's
& 50's
The fire department purchased Fireman's Park and held a carnival
in the park. Many great times are remembered from these
carnivals.
1992
On the village's 70th anniversary, the Village of Merton
sponsored the Vietnam Moving Wall. It was a wonderful
experience with about 20,000 people viewing it during the week
stay at the village hall.
Compiled and submitted by:
Michele Nelson
Village of Merton |
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Village Hall
28343 Sussex Road
Merton, WI 53056
262.538.0820
Village Hall
Business Hours
Clerk-Treasurer
Mon. - Thurs.
9:00 - 5:00
Village
Board
1st & 3rd Thurs.
7:00 pm Plan
Commission
1st Wed.
7:00 pm Inspection
Office Hours
Monday - Thursday
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Civil
Defense Testing done county wide, every Wednesday from April –
October at 2:00 p.m. |
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