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Cataract, Wisconsin
Cataract, Wisconsin
Census-designated place
	Cataract, Wisconsin
	Coordinates: 44°05′16″N 90°50′32″W / 44.08778°N 90.84222°W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Monroe
Area
• Total	0.594 sq mi (1.54 km2)
• Land	0.594 sq mi (1.54 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	850 ft (260 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	186
• Density	310/sq mi (120/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	608
GNIS feature ID	1562802

Cataract is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Little Falls in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 186.^[1]

Geography

Cataract has an area of 0.594 square miles (1.54 km²), all of it land.

Attractions

The Paul and Matilda Wegner Grotto, located southwest of the village, is an outdoor collection of concrete folk-art sculptures encrusted with shards of glass, ceramics, seashells, and other materials. These have a variety of themes, including religious and patriotic subjects and more personal mementos of the lives of Paul and Matilda Wegner. The grotto was built between 1929 and 1942 by the Wegners on their farm, and is now owned by Monroe County and maintained by an endowment established for that purpose.^[3]

Southeast of Cataract is The Little Falls Railroad & Doll Museum, with a garden railway, model railroad layout, and doll collection.^[4]

The Walczak-Wontor Quarry Pit Workshop is located in the vicinity of Cataract; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Notable people

John McKendree Springer, Methodist clergyman, was born in Cataract.
Bryan Jandt Born 1962 – Living. Born in Sparta Wisconsin yet spent informative years in Cataract. Legendary Bowhunter, Baseball Player of the region.
Mark Abbott: Born 1962 – Living. Born in a log cabin in the woods near Cataract. Renowned Trout fisherman, Bowhunter, and Baseball Player.
Kevin Smith: Born 1965 - Present. Originally from Illinois, moved back to bartend at the Mill Pond before that dump closed down for good. Has a ponytail that many people wanted to grab and swing him around with due to his smug attitude. Now bartends at Big Dan's Longbranch after the family business was closed down to years of back taxes owed.