Racine in Racine County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Gilbert Knapp Park

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 8, 2013

1. Gilbert Knapp Park Marker

Inscription.

This memorial is dedicated in memory of Capt Gilbert Knapp who founded Racine, Wisconsin in the year 1834

This memorial is a bequest to the City of Racine by Herman C. Menge

Erected 1949 by the City of Racine.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Entertainment • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1834.

Location. 42° 44.542′ N, 87° 46.959′ W. Marker is in Racine, Wisconsin, in Racine County. It is at the intersection of Michigan Boulevard and High Street, on the right when traveling north on Michigan Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Racine WI 53403, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Wisconsin and in Greater Milwaukee.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other

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markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cream Brick Cottages / Cream Brick (approx. 0.4 miles away); Racine's Underground Railroad Maritime Link (approx. 0.7 miles away); Site of Armour's Livery Stable (approx. 0.9 miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. one mile away); Robert J. Goebel, Lt. Col. USAF (approx. 1.1 miles away); Joshua Glover (approx. 1.1 miles away); Racine, Wisconsin (approx. 1.1 miles away); Jerome Increase Case / Mascot and Trademark (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Racine.

Also see . . . Gilbert Knapp at FindAGrave. (Submitted on October 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Gilbert Knapp Park Committee Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 8, 2013

2. Gilbert Knapp Park Committee Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 8, 2013

3. Gilbert Knapp Park Marker

Gilbert Knapp Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 8, 2013

4. Gilbert Knapp Park

Looking north from near marker

North Beach Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 8, 2013

5. North Beach Park

Looking southeast from near Knapp marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 811 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.