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'''Hanover''' is an [[unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated]] [[census-designated place]] located in the town of [[Plymouth, Rock County, Wisconsin]], United States. It is west of [[Janesville, Wisconsin|Janesville]] and east of [[Orfordville, Wisconsin|Orfordville]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 179.<ref name=census>{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=4 April 2011}}</ref>
==History== Hanover was originally called Bass Creek.<ref name="history">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA81 | title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways | author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company | year=1908 | page=81}}</ref> The present name is after Hanover Green, and Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, the native home of a large share of the early settlers.<ref name="history" /> A post office was established as Bass Creek in 1856 and renamed Hanover in 1859; the post office closed in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rock County |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Rock |accessdate=19 March 2015 |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Duwe |first1=Gina |date=August 25, 2014 |title=The end for 53542: Hanover post office closing this week |url=http://www.gazettextra.com/20140825/the_end_for_53542_hanover_post_office_closing_this_week |accessdate=March 20, 2015 |work=Janesville Gazette}}</ref> The original town of Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania was named after the German city of Hanover, a principal city of the York-Hanover metropolitan area.
==Demographics== {{Expand section|date=January 2023|small=no}} {{US Census population |align=left |2010= 181 |2020= 179 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=January 1, 2023}}</ref> }}{{clear left}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Rock County, Wisconsin}}
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Rock County, Wisconsin]] [[Category:Census-designated places in Wisconsin]]
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