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Platteville is the largest city in Grant County, Wisconsin, with a population of 11,836 at the 2020 census.

Platteville began in 1827 when lead miners settled around the Rountree Branch and Little Platte River, and John Hawkins Rountree — called the father of Platteville — helped discover the Rountree lode in November 1827, a mine that eventually produced over 5 million pounds of lead ore.

Platteville's streets were given odd, irregular routes to avoid the steep ravines and mining shafts scattered around the early settlement, a layout still visible today.

Platteville was incorporated as a village in 1841 and as a city on March 4, 1880.

Platteville is home to the University of Wisconsin–Platteville, which serves over 8,000 students through on-campus and distance learning programs.

The university traces its roots to the Platteville Normal School, established on October 9, 1866, and the Wisconsin Mining Trade School, which opened in January 1908; the two merged in 1959 and became part of the University of Wisconsin System in 1971.

The Platteville Mound outside the city is painted with the world's largest letter 'M,' built on the hillside by university students in 1937 as a monogram for the former Wisconsin Mining School.

Visitors to Platteville's Mining and Rollo Jamison Museums can tour Lorenzo Bevans's 1845 lead mine and ride a 1931 zinc mine train.

Mining continued around Platteville until 1979, but unlike many lead-region towns it avoided becoming a ghost town by shifting its economy to agriculture, manufacturing, and education.

From 1984 until 2001, the Chicago Bears held their NFL training camp on the University of Wisconsin–Platteville campus.