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Bristol, Wisconsin

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Bristol Village. It lies in ZIP code area 53104. It stands on Salem Branch. The Survey maps it on the Paddock Lake quadrangle. 5,192 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 778 feet above sea level.

Bristol within Kenosha County

Population over time

2 figures

Bristol grew from 2,584 to 5,192 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,584
20205,192+2,608 (+101%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

5,017 words on this township

The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Bristol Village. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The village of Bristol is situated on the Kenosha & Rockford Division of the North-Western Road, twelve miles west of Kenosha. The land was originallv owned by Alfred Giddings, at present residing in Kenosha, who laid it out in town lots, and sold the property to A. B. Emmons, who, in turn, disposed of his purchase to John F. Chase, who completed the platting of the village, and executed deeds to purchasers. Bristol is a thriving village, containing an industrious and enterprising population, four stores and several mechanical shops ; Asbury Chapel, built in 1842 ; Hosraer Chapel, built in 1857, and Wesley Chapel in 1872, all of the Methodist Episcopal denomination ; also, S^. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, built in 1866, and a Masonic Lodge, with a membership of upward of fifty. The Bristol Soda Springs are within two miles of the village, and offer superior inducements to invalid seekers after health. The population is variously estimated at from one to two hundred souls.

Passage source: The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879.

WILLIAM C. BACOM, farmer. Sees. 5 and 6 ; P. 0. Bristol ; son of the above ; was b Aug. 1, 1855, in Bristol Township, and has worked on the farm all his life; he now owns a part of and rents the portions belonging to his mother and sister, in all 220 acres, and on it he raises aU kinds stock and grain ; he makes a specialty of breeding sheep and hogs. Married Miss Maggie Sheen. Paris Township, May 20, 1879. He is a member of the Sons of Temperance.

Passage source: The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879.

JAMES W. BRYANT, farmer, Sees. 7 and 18; P. 0. Bristol; bom Au>s. 21, 1825 Otsego Co., N. Y.; moved to Columbia Co., N. Y., with his parents when quite young and worked oi furm there till about 20 years of age, when he learned the business of carpenter and joiner, and worked it in various parts of Eastern New York. In the spring of 1855, he visited Wisconsin, bought 107 nt of land in Bristol Township, and returned to New York; in September, 1855, he came to Wisconsin reside, and worked at his trade in Lake and Kenosha Cos. In the winter of 1859, he revwted New Yo returned to Kenosha in March, 1860, and that spring went on a pleasure trip to Pike's Peak, Colo.; October, 1860, returned, and went to work on his farm, at the same time buying and shipping grain, which he had a warehouse at the Bristol depot, to Chicago and Milwaukee. In the spring of 1862, bought 115 acres more land. About 1870, sold the warehouse and business connected with it, and bej shipping live stock to the same markets, and still does so. On his farm, he raises, principally, com, a hay and stock. Married Miss Lenora Shumway, of Bristol, March 16, 1868, and has one child - E M., born September 19, 1871. He is a member of Washburn Lodge, No. 145, Masons.

Passage source: The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin .., published 1879.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Bristol Village - it names this place 15 more 15 times.

Fires near this place

12 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Bristol between 2018 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 July 2018Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources218402
10 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources218407
3 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources218317
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources218249
8 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources218175
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800402
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources218185
18 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources218145

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kenosha County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bristol: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bristol Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hillard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kenosha County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bristol in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2013: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBristol$200,000no account filed
November 2013Thunderstorm WindBristol$28,000A path of trees, branches and wires down. A partial roof removed from a residential home. The west to east corridor of damage was bounded on the north near highway S and in the south by highway 50.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBristol$20,000Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down large trees and power-lines.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindBristol$10,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBristol-Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts to 50 knots (58 mph) toppled several large trees in the Bristol area.
September 2010HailBristol-no account filed
October 2006HailBristol-no account filed
March 2000HailBristol-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kenosha County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Salem Oaks2.3 miles19
Woodworth2.5 miles19
Paddock Lake3.2 miles19
Salem3.3 miles19
Salem Lakes3.3 miles19
Liberty Corners3.7 miles19
Lake Shangrila3.9 miles19
Klondike4.3 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BristolAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3709271The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1562217. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.