 In 1846, a Prussian immigrant, John Bartlme, purchased 40 acres of land in the area of what is now Denmark.In 1848, the second settler, and the first Danish immigrant, a man named Niels Gotfredsen, bought 160 acres in the area.He and his wife were referred to as the 'King and Queen of Denmark', because they were the first Danish settlers of the town of Denmark.