SECOND EDITION To purchase copies of this book contact: Maia's Genealogy & History Books - www. MaiasBooks. com or Wisconsin State Genealogy Society - www.wses.ori’ DEDICATED to our paternal great-great-grandparents, Carl Friedrich and Charlotte Brummond Zastrow and Philip Jacob and Elisabeth Specht Mack who settled in Wisconsin in the mid 1800s. They thought Wisconsin was a pretty nice place to raise a family. They were right! First Printing Compiled by Wendy (Zastrow) Uncapher and Linda (Zastrow) Herrick Published by Origins A division of Copycrafters Inc. 4327 Milton Avenue, Janesville, Wisconsin 53546 Copyright 1994 OCLC: ocm31175795 Second Printing Compiled by Wisconsin State Genealogy Society Christine Klauer & Vickie Schnitzler P.O. Box 5106 Madison, WI 53705-0106 Published by AugcnSchaer Publishing 5480 North Meadows Blvd Columbus, Ohio 43229 All rights reserved. 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Copyright 2015 ISBN: 978-1-935172-03-1 Made in the United States of America Martha Mercer Maia's Books / Origins Genealogy & History Books / AugcnSchaer LLC 5480 North Meadows Blvd Columbus, Ohio 43229 Table of Contents Title Page Florence 54 Pierce 144 Dedication ii Fond du Lac 56 Polk 147 Tabic of Contents iii Forest 60 Portage 151 Purpose iv Grant 63 Price 155 Order of Formation V Green 67 Racine 157 Evolution of Counties vii Green Lake 70 Richland 160 State of Wisconsin Map Iowa 72 Rock 163 Showing County Iron 76 Rusk 166 Locations ix Jackson 78 St. Croix 169 Terms in Land Records X Jefferson 81 Sauk 172 Wisconsin Index Map xii J uneau 84 Sawyer 176 County Pages Kenosha 87 Shawano 179 Adams 1 Kewaunee 90 Sheboygan 182 Ashland 4 La Crosse 93 Taylor 185 Barron 7 Lafayette 96 Trempealeau 187 Bayfield 10 Langlade 99 Vernon 189 Brown 13 Lincoln 103 Vilas 192 Buffalo 16 Manitowoc 106 Walworth 195 Burnett 18 Marathon 110 Washburn 198 Calumet 21 Marinette 115 Washington 200 Chippewa 23 Marquette 119 Waukesha 203 Clark 26 Menominee 122 Waupaca 206 Columbia 29 Milwaukee 123 Waushara 209 Crawford 32 Monroe 126 Winnebago 212 Dane 35 Oconto 129 W'ood 216 Dodge 40 Oneida 133 Index 219 Door 43 Outagamie 136 Wisconsin Area Research Douglas 46 Centers 248 Ozaukee 140 Dunn 49 Bibliography 249 Pepin 142 Eau Claire 52 The purpose of this book is to show township relationships an list as many towns (incorporated or unincorporated), railroad depots and post office names as could be identified. It is amazing how many towns changed their names and how many more do not exist anymore. These names were gathered from a variety of sources including gazetteers, history books, plat maps and atlases. To make things more confusing, county borders kept changing to form new counties. Some of the sources used were printed before the borders were changed which would list a city in the wrong county. The spelling of town names seemed to change depending on the document and the new' postmaster. The railroad and federal post office did try to eliminate the repeated or similar names. The railroad, post office and village name were not always the same. Eventually these names combined under one name and where possible there was an attempt to list name changes. Post offices were located in hotels, general stores, or even the postmaster’s living room. A post office location may have been merely a few houses or a drop point for the railroad. They are listed because it was the only address a rural area would have. We would appreciate receiving any information to improve on what we have started. We are sorry for any errors or omissions and assume no responsibility for total accuracy. We were aware of wrong information and spellings in the sources wc used and have tried to indicate them or have found a solution to the problem. The dates used for the earliest births, marriages and deaths were taken from a list published by the State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Human Services. (In the 2015 edition wc also added in information in [ ] from the actual county courthouses if it was different.) Linton/Linnlon indicates different spellings of same name Oakland (Center) name has been shortened to the first word only (was Muskratville) was known previously by this name (now Norwood in Langlade Co.) after the county lines changed a city would sometimes be renamed it indicated city falls in more than one township ★ indicates county seat location on map What was once a thriving community may now he hut a memory landmarked by a lone house or foundation. iv Order of Formation of Wisconsin Counties County When Formed Land Taken From County Seat Brown October 26, 1818 Michigan Territory Green Bay Crawford October 26, 1818 Michigan Territory Prairie du Chien Iowa October 9, 1829 Crawford Dodgeville Milwaukee September 6, 1834 Brown Milwaukee Calumet December 7. 1836 Brown Chilton Dane December 7, 1836 Crawford. Iowa. Milwaukee Madison Dodge December 7, 1836 Brown Juneau Fond du Lac December 7, 1836 Brown Fond du Lac Jefferson December 7, 1836 Milwaukee Jefferson Manitowoc December 7, 1836 Brown Manitowoc Marquette December 7, 1836 Brown Montello Portage December 7, 1836 Brown, Crawford Stevens Point Racine December 7, 1836 Milwaukee Racine Rock December 7, 1836 Milwaukee Janesville Sheboygan December 7, 1836 Brown Sheboygan Walworth December 7, 1836 Milwaukee Elkhom Washington December 7, 1836 Brown, Milwaukee West Bend Grant December 7, 1836 Iowa Lancaster Green December 7, 1836 Iowa Monroe Winnebago January 6, 1840 Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh Marquette Sauk January' 11,1840 Crawford, Dane, Portage Baraboo St. Croix August 1, 1840 Crawford Fludson Richland February 18, 1842 Crawford, Sauk Richland Center Chippewa February 3, 1845 Crawford Chippewa Falls Bayfield (LaPointe) February 19, 1845 St. Croix Washburn Lafayette January 31,1846 Iowa Darlington Waukesha January 31,1846 Milwaukee Waukesha Columbia February 3, 1846 Portage Portage Adams March 1 1, 1848 Portage Friendship Kenosha January 30, 1850 Racine Kenosha Marathon February 9, 1850 Portage Wausau Oconto February 6, 1851 Brown Oconto Door February 11, 1851 Brown Sturgeon Bay Waushara February 15, 1851 Marquette Wautoma Outagamie February 17, 1851 Brown. Winnebago Appleton Waupaca February 17, 1851 Brown, Winnebago Waupaca LaCrosse March 1, 1851 Crawford LaCrosse Vernon (Bad Axe) March 1, 1851 Crawford Viroqua Kewaunee April 16. 1852 Door Kewaunee Jackson February 11,1853 LaCrosse Black River Falls Shawano February 16, 1853 Oconto, Waupaca. Winnebago Shawano Ozaukee March 7, 1853 Washington Port Washington Pierce March 14, 1853 St. Croix Ellsworth Polk March 14, 1853 St. Croix Balsam Lake V Clark July 6, 1853 Jackson Neillsville Buffalo July 8, 1853 Jackson Alma Trempealeau January 27, 1854 Buffalo, Chippewa. Jackson, Whitehall LaCrosse Dunn February 3, 1854 Chippewa Menomonie Douglas February 9, 1854 Bayfield (LaPointe) Superior Monroe March 24, 1854 LaCrosse Sparta Burnett March 1, 1856 Douglas, Polk Siren (w'as Grants- burg) Wood March 7, 1856 Portage Wisconsin Rapids Eau Claire October 6, 1856 Chippewa Eau Claire Juneau October 13, 1856 Adams Mauston Pepin February 25, 1858 Dunn Durand Green Lake March 5, 1858 Marquette Green Lake Barron (Dallas) March 19, 1859 Chippewa, Polk Barron Ashland March 27, I860 Bayfield (LaPointe) Ahsland Lincoln March 4, 1874 Marathon Merrill Taylor March 9, 1875 Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Marathon Medford Price February 26, 1879 Chippewa, Lincoln Phillips Langland (New) February 27, 1879 Oconto Anligo Marinette February 27, 1879 Oconto Marinette Florence March 18, 1882 Marinette, Oconto Florence Sawyer March 10, 1883 Ashland Hayward Washburn March 27, 1883 Burnett Shell Lake Forest April 11,1885 Langland ("New), Oconto Crandon Oneida April II, 1885 Lincoln Rhinelander Iron March 3, 1893 Ashland Hurley Vilas April 12, 1893 Oneida Eagle River Rusk May 15, 1901 Chippewa Ladysmith Menominee May 1, 1961 Oconto, Shawano Keshena vi Evolution of Counties The Wisconsin Territory-July 3, 1836 1818-Crawford and Brown Counties Included Minnesota, parts of Iowa, and Dakotas 1829-Crawford, Brown and Iowa Counties 1836-Crawford, Brown, Iowa and Milwaukee Counties 1840 - 22 counties 1850 - 31 Counties Brown, Calumet, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, New counties since 1840: Adams, Chippew'a, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Manitowoc, Marquette, Columbia, Kenosha, Lafayette, LaPointe (Bayfield), Milwaukee, Portage, Racine, Rock, St. Croix, Sauk Marathon, Richland and Waukesha Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Winnebago . D 1860 - 58 counties 1961 -72 counties New'counties since 1850: Ashland, Bad Axe (Vernon), New counties since 1860: Florence, Forest, Iron, Burnett, Buffalo, Clark, Dallas (Barron), Door, Douglas, Lincoln, Marinette, Menominee, New (Langland), Dunn, Eau Claire, Green Lake, Jackson, Juneau, Oneida, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Vilas, Washburn Kewaunee, LaCrosse, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Shawano, Trempealeau, Waupaca, Waushara and Wood viii The State of Wisconsin Terms in Land Records Abstract of Title Condensed history of a title for a piece of real estate. Consideration Payment, fee or compensation. Conveyance Same as a deed. Co-Tenancy When holding title to land by two or more people. Deed A document that transfers the title of real estate from one person to another. Deed of Acquittance A deed where additional acres arc sold or transferred to the original paten owner when or if it was found that (by survey) the patented land had more acres than was originally thought. Deed of Agreement Deed for sale of personal property but the buyer agrees to take care of the gran¬ tor for the rest of his life. Deed of Decree Document showing property' transferred usually after a petition or court action. Deed of Division A document that divides the title of land which is held by two or more people (usually heirs during probate.) Separate titles are drawn showing which part is owned by each.