Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Princeton, WI

Princeton is a small city in western Green Lake County, and the Fox River flows straight through it, dividing the city into eastern and western halves.

A post office has operated in Princeton since 1849, and the city was named after Princeton, Massachusetts.

Princeton was formerly called Pleasant Valley and was once part of Marquette County before Green Lake County was created.

Long a village, Princeton became a city of the fourth class on March 4, 1920, after its trustees passed a resolution to incorporate as a city.

Princeton counted 1,267 residents in the 2020 census, down from its peak of 1,509 in 1960, and the 2010 census recorded 551 households.

Princeton hosts what is billed as Wisconsin's Largest Weekly Outdoor Flea Market, drawing up to about 180 vendors to City Park every Saturday from mid-April through mid-October, with free admission and parking.

Water Street, Princeton's main downtown street, is lined with preserved 1800s-era brick buildings that now house antique malls, boutiques and artisan shops.

Starting in the late 1930s, Princeton's Handcraft Company produced the famous Muk Luks knitted slipper socks, which were worn by Audrey Hepburn and President Eisenhower and at one time employed over 450 workers across factories in Princeton, Stevens Point and Markesan.

Lake sturgeon spawn in the Fox River at Princeton every spring, drawing spectators to the riverbanks.

Princeton sits between Green Lake - the deepest inland lake in Wisconsin - and Lake Puckaway, and holds a Bird City Wisconsin designation.