August J. Piper (November 23, 1864 – July 12, 1945) was an American farmer and politician.
Born in the town of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, Piper was a trunk farmer and supported cooperative marketing. Piper served as chairman of the Mount Pleasant Town Board and also served on the Kenosha School Board. From 1929 to 1933, Piper served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Republican. In 1939, the University of Wisconsin conferred an award on Piper in recognition of his service to agriculture. [1] Piper died at his home in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. [2] [3]
Pleasant Prairie is a village in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located in Kenosha County along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan, Pleasant Prairie was home to 21,250 people at the 2020 census. The village is positioned directly south of the city of Kenosha and directly north of the Illinois border.
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Pleasant Ridge is a former community in the Town of Beetown, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. Settled c. 1850 by a family of formerly enslaved African Americans from Fauquier County, Virginia, Pleasant Ridge was a rural community with a significant population of formerly enslaved people and their descendants. The community declined in the 20th century, and the last African-American resident died in 1959.