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Delavan is a city in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,956 at the 2000 census. The city is located partially within the Town of Delavan. Delavan is home to the Wisconsin School for the Deaf.
"The Greatest Show on Earth", the P.T. Barnum Circus, was founded in Delavan in 1871. Delavan was a major circus town for much of the 1800s, predating even Wisconsin statehood in 1841. The International Clown Hall of Fame organized in Delavan in 1987 and operated a museum in the community until moving to Milwaukee a decade later.
Lake Lawn Resort, on the shores of Delavan Lake, can trace its history back to the circus days.
Andes Candies, maker of the Andes Chocolate Mint, set up shop in Delavan in 1921. Owned by Tootsie Roll Industries since 2000, the popular after-dinner mints are manufactured there to this day.
Gary Burghoff, better known as Radar O'Reilly from M*A*S*H, began his acting career in Delavan as a student at Delavan-Darien High School.
Another D-DHS graduate, singer/songwriter Timothy Daniel was born and raised in Delavan, starting his first business there (a computer sales & service shop) before moving to California and starting his music career.
Delavan is home to no less than six structures designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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