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Waldo is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Onion River. The population was 503 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== The village was originally established as Lyndon Station when the Milwaukee & Northern Railroad laid their tracks through in 1871. The village was plated in 1873 by N.C.Harmon on 80 acres of land that he and his son-in-law Eugene McIntyre had purchased from Abraham Lawson. When it was discovered that there already was an existing Lyndon Station elsewhere in Wisconsin, it was decided to rename the village after O.H.Waldo, a prominent Milwaukee attorney and then president of the railroad. In 1877 the Post Office (Est. 1849) for the Onion River settlement (Est. 1844), one mile (1.6 km) east was closed and Onion River also became part of Waldo. In 1923 Waldo became an incorporated village and Onion River ceased to exist. The open area between has since been built up. The Onion River Dam, a Saw Mill and a Grist Mill had been built at this location on the Onion River in 1856. The Waldo Mill Pond has a normal surface area of , currently used only for recreational purposes. The Onion River Dam is a gravity dam, of earthen construction, rock fill, originally completed in 1856. Its height is with a length of . Maximum discharge is . Its capacity is feet. Normal storage is feet. It drains an area of . The dam and the related mill pond property are now owned by the village of Waldo. The Waldo Cemetery in the northeast corner of the village is one of the oldest in the county, established in 1854. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Waldo, Wisconsin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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