In 1837; Henry Janes applied for a post office called Black Hawk for the southern Wisconsin settlement where he ran a ferry across the Rock River. The postmaster general; however; noticed a town already by that name in the Iowa part of Wisconsin Territory; and he assigned the name Janesville; with Janes as postmaster. Two years later; Janes moved his family west; but the community grew to become the Rock County seat; and by 1860 it was Wisconsins second-largest city. Today more than 62;000 people call the "City of Parks" home.
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