1893 was the year that the railroad came to New Boston. The Boston and Maine Railroad came from Parkerâs Station into the Depot in New Boston with a stop at Greggâs Mill. J. Reed Whipple was responsible for bringing the railroad in to town so that he could supply his 3 hotels in Boston with fresh farm products.
Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Wisconsin. Fontana-on-Geneva Lake (Locally referred to as Fontana) is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,672 at the 2010 census.
Geneva Lake. Geneva Lake is a body of freshwater in Walworth County in southeastern Wisconsin. On its shores are the city of Lake Geneva, and the villages of Fontana-on-Geneva-Lake, and Williams Bay. The lake covers an area of approximately 8.14 square miles (21.1 km2), has a maximum length of 7.5 miles (12 km), mean depth of 62.7 feet (19.1 m) and a maximum depth of 144 feet (44 m). Geologists believe that it is a filled-in kettle formed from a receding glacier.