Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Cashton, WI

Cashton is a village in Monroe County, Wisconsin, in the state's Driftless Area, that began in 1854 as Hazen's Corners, where Thompson Hazen established an inn at a bend in the stagecoach road from Prairie du Chien to Black River Falls.

In 1879 local merchant William H. H. Cash spearheaded construction of a railroad depot on the new Sparta-to-Viroqua branch line and had the village platted, and the community was renamed Cashton in his honor.

The countryside around Cashton is home to the largest Amish settlement in Wisconsin, which began when the first Amish families arrived in 1966 and has grown to more than 300 families comprising over 2,000 people.

Cashton is a major hub for Organic Valley, the farmer-owned organic cooperative headquartered in nearby La Farge, which employs more than 275 people at its Cashton offices and distribution center.

In 2012 the two-turbine Cashton Greens Wind Farm became Wisconsin's first community wind project, built jointly by Organic Valley and Gundersen Health System next to the distribution center.

The Cashton Greens turbines generate nearly 5 megawatts of electricity — enough to power about 1,000 homes a year — and more than offset the electricity used at Organic Valley's Cashton distribution center and its La Farge headquarters.

Cashton had 1,158 residents at the 2020 census.

At the 2010 census, Cashton's 1,102 residents lived in 448 households.

Cashton is the birthplace of Frank King, the cartoonist who created the long-running comic strip Gasoline Alley.

Cashton celebrates its heritage with an annual fall festival on the second weekend of September, featuring a tractor pull, an antique car show and a large parade on Sunday.