[3] The Town of Bristol was involved in annexation disputes with Pleasant Prairie during the 1990s.

The two entities reached a boundary agreement in 1997; as a result, the Circuit Court of Kenosha County dismissed motions by Pleasant Prairie to annex portions of the town.

[4] In 1968, a state court denied the Town of Bristol's earlier petition to incorporate itself as a village.

[5] On January 19, 2009, a state court rejected an attempt by the western half of Bristol to incorporate, which had been filed in 2008.

On June 29, 2010, in a special election, most of the remainder of the town of Bristol was annexed to the village of Bristol (effective July 4, 2010), while a small section of the town was annexed to the village of Pleasant Prairie.

In 2009, the Village of Bristol incorporated, removing approximately 9 square miles (23 km2) from the towns acreage.