13 Facts About Racine Wisconsin

Racine Wisconsin is situated 22 miles south of Milwaukee and approximately 60 miles north of Chicago.

Racine Wisconsin is home to InSinkErator, manufacturers of the first garbage disposal.

Racine Wisconsin was historically home to the Horlicks malt factory, where malted milk balls were first developed, and the Western Publishing factory where Little Golden Books were printed.

In 1854 Joshua Glover, an escaped slave who had made a home in Racine Wisconsin, was arrested by federal marshals and jailed in Milwaukee.

Racine Wisconsin has the largest North American settlement of Danes outside of Greenland.

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The first industry in Racine Wisconsin County included the manufacture of fanning mills, machines that separate wheat grain from chaff.

The garbage disposal was invented in 1927 by architect John Hammes of Racine Wisconsin, who founded the company InSinkErator, which still produces millions of garbage disposers every year in Racine Wisconsin.

Historic buildings in Racine include the Badger Building, Racine Elks Club, Lodge No 252, St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, YMCA Building, Chauncey Hall House, Eli R Cooley House, George Murray House, Hansen House, Racine College, McClurg Building, First Presbyterian Church, Memorial Hall, Racine Depot, United Laymen Bible Student Tabernacle, Chauncey Hall Building, Thomas P Hardy House, and Horlick Field.

Racine Wisconsin employs community-oriented policing, the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to address the immediate conditions that give rise to crime.

Racine Wisconsin is represented by Bryan Steil in the United States House of Representatives, and by Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin in the United States Senate.

Racine Wisconsin is served by Amtrak's Hiawatha Line from the Sturtevant station in Racine Wisconsin County.

Racine Wisconsin Art Museum, designed by the Chicago architecture firm Brininstool + Lynch, is a modern reuse of an existing structure to house RAM's permanent collection of contemporary craft.

Racine Wisconsin is served by the daily newspaper The Journal Times, which is the namesake of radio station WRJN, and is owned by Lee Enterprises.