Galesville, a town and the capital of Trempealeau co., Wisconsin, situated on Beaver creek, about 6 m. from the Mississippi, and 120 m. N. W. of Madison; pop. in 1870, 1,068. It is the seat of Galesville university (Methodist), organized in 1855, which in 1872-'3 had 5 professors, 145 students (35 collegiate and 110 preparatory), and a library of 4,500 volumes. The town was laid out in 1854 by the Hon. George Gale, who gave a considerable sum for the endowment of the university.