History · Friesland

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Friesland is a village in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 320 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area, and was named after Friesland, one of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 356 to 320 (-10%). Half of its homes were built before 1946.

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Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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