Ixonia, WI Condo for Sale

When Ixonia was formed in 1846, its townspeople could not decide what to call it. As a result, they randomly drew letters of the alphabet written on paper until a word was created. Ixonia remains the only town in the country with the unique name. The area had very slow development, with little more than a post office, a hotel, a general store and a few homes for over a century. The late 1900s, however, brought heavy industrial and residential development. "Ixonia is more of a bedroom community than the other rural, small communities of Jefferson County," says Leah Thorp, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Elite specializing in Jefferson and Waukesha counties. "There is an industrial park with factories and warehouses, but the area is mostly subdivisions." Bungalows and simple Victorians are along the area's main streets, Marietta Avenue and North Street. They sell at prices between $315,000 and $400,000. Most homes, however, are in subdivisions built in the past few decades with uniform-sized lawns speckled with trees. "There was a surge of new builds between 1990 and 2010, but that has tapered off since," Thorp says. "There isn't any new construction going on now that I know of." The