In one small Wisconsin neighborhood, the same families have been living there since 1839, when their ancestors first immigrated to the United States.
Mequon’s Freistadt neighborhood, which is roughly two square miles, is a living testament to the state’s German and Polish heritage.
“Freistadt is a very unique community because it was settled back in 1839 from Pomeranian immigrants that came across because of religious persecution,” Randy Pipkorn, a lifelong resident of Freistadt said…