Hanover, WI

Hanover is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Plymouth, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The 2020 census counted 179 residents. Hanover is west of Janesville and east of Orfordville. Hanover was originally called Bass Creek. That mix gives Hanover a clear local shape within Wisconsin, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. The present name is after Hanover Green, and Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, the native home of a large share of the early settlers.