WATERTOWN, a city of Wisconsin, U.S.A., on the Rock river. Pop. 9,299 in 1920, 10,613 in 1930. It is the seat of Northwestern college (Lutheran, 1865) ; a shipping point for but ter and cheese; a market for imported horses. Watertown was founded about 1836 by colonists from Watertown, N.Y. Later, especially after 1848, there was a large influx of Germans, includ ing Carl Schurz, who began his law practice here. The village was incorporated in 1849 and chartered as a city in